TheLegend
Megathread Gadfly
I think the draft lottery owes us one
They already give us one every year.
I think the draft lottery owes us one
The problem with evaluating the team and roster is who is going to do that and when? If I am Chayka, my roster is fine. If I am Tocc, my roster isn't fine. It's hard for the same guys that created this mess to evaluate their way our of it. If I were Barroway, I would sit down with Chayka and get his opinion of what to do next. After that I would meet with Tocc and Chayka together and Tocc separately. I would then meet with vets individually, Richardson/Goose/OEL/Tjam/Demers/Raanta/Stepan.
I would try to figure out if we have the wrong mix of players, the wrong system, or the wrong coach. Internally, its hard to say what is going on inside the room from 30,000 feet. I would make sure I understood the problem before I would make any bigger roster moves.
The problem with evaluating the team and roster is who is going to do that and when? If I am Chayka, my roster is fine. If I am Tocc, my roster isn't fine. It's hard for the same guys that created this mess to evaluate their way our of it. If I were Barroway, I would sit down with Chayka and get his opinion of what to do next. After that I would meet with Tocc and Chayka together and Tocc separately. I would then meet with vets individually, Richardson/Goose/OEL/Tjam/Demers/Raanta/Stepan.
I would try to figure out if we have the wrong mix of players, the wrong system, or the wrong coach. Internally, its hard to say what is going on inside the room from 30,000 feet. I would make sure I understood the problem before I would make any bigger roster moves.
If Chayka thinks his roster is fine he should be fired on the spot. Maybe AB can call Doan and ask for his opinion.
I think what cobra may be referring to is that there are differences of what the roster should look like to compete. Let's think back to Hjalmarsson and Stepan being added - are those the types of players that would be the first for Tocchet to add if Tocchet were building his "perfect team"?
I think that the major problem was that we went down a rabbit hole in trying to find certain players to mesh with what we have. As an example, Hjalmarsson was brought in b/c Chayka asked OEL which D-man he would work well with, correct? So, we have our #1 D kind of running the ship for that moment. Then, we probably had discussions with the Rangers about Stepan for at least a year, possibly longer. That puts him on the radar of a Tippett-coached team, but by the time we had gone so deep in discussions, Tippett was being bought out/fired/whatever by Barroway.
It seems like a lot of things were done that seemed "right" in minds and on paper. Adding the "right" vets. Letting Doan go but adding the "right" type of leadership quotient. Adding the "right" coach for the youth to play up-tempo. Turns out that 3 rights don't make a gigantic right??