Yep because that's exactly what I said. I was saying that if you and the org doesn't think he's a 2C... the Wings will likely go out and sign a guy to a contract you will hate. So if you are already in a mindset that you want them to lose come hell or high water, wouldn't you want to keep a guy who is cheaper and not lock yourself into another Nielsen contract (as that's the kind of deal and player they'd probably go after for the role.
I'm not crowning him anything. I'm saying that for those upset about the Wings winning a few here and there, it would make sense because we'd be a weaker team because he's ill fit for the role and it keeps you from a 5x6 deal for someone you're bound to ***** about.
But they won. I just don't see the point of "oh, but it would be so nice if they had lost!"
Ok, well the first part. I want them to lose to hell or highwater for the remainder of THIS YEAR. Next season I actually want them to field a competitive team out on the ice. That can happen with a high pick top 2(which they are screwing up and the reason for my posts). An a couple of good signings. I really believe that. Obviously... How much money, the player, and his age even all matter. If they went an signed Hayes anywhere around 5-4.5 million per, who would REALLY hate it? The second line would all the sudden be legit with AA/Hayes/ top pick/Zadina/random UFA.
Now, what I'm worried is they'll sign veterans to fill roles on the team, and "crown" AA as a legit 2nd line center when I pointed out I'm not buying it.
What I would like is for them to keep AA, get a top 2 pick, sign two nice FA's and see how competitive they can be for `19-`20.
That's fine you don't see the point in them losing tough games. I rationalized it for you a few times, in that they'll insure a higher pick at the very least, Winning last night game swung things around to where they'll likely fall draft position than gain draft position. It's legit that they have around 70% chance to fall below 4th in the draft.
Eskieal almost explained it well but I can't rationalize why he'd like to see wins just cause players are doing well. It's costing the franchise literally. Then he lost me when he went the the extreme other side and said and acted like I wanted to see players do bad and whine about that too, which would be true if they're doing bad, but they're not, I'm not sitting bashing the guys he pointed out in his post. Like I said, 5-4 loss was still a good game to watch last night was it not? The win literally is costing us draft position which to me is important when Wings were slotted at 3rd with a chance to go higher even. It's not like we're sitting in 10th, and a healthy team next year makes us better. We need that top talent in the draft, bad.
