BinCookin
Registered User
There is something missing from this discussion.
You don't just get to tank 2023 and 2024 and get elite talent and then compete in 2025... And I will tell you why...
Larkin, Bertuzzi and many other 24-28 year olds in our organization will leave. They will not sign here when the plan is tank forever... See the Eichel situation.
No point drafting the next McDavid, if he is virtually playing alone.
As has been said... odds are like 5% that we even land the "mystery next McDavid" anyway.
In either case, the CURRENT players are not being helped by having no talent around. Our young players could be better with more mentorship. Increased competition will push players to get better. Gifting Rasmussen or Zadina NHL jobs has not helped their development.
If Larkin and Bertuzzi said "this city sucks, im tired of losing, they have no plans to get better while im still a player"... than they will just leave in UFA, or demand a trade. Other RFA players will see this and maybe demand trades as well. You just assume Seider and Raymond wont demand a trade, but if they see a horrible scorched earth plan, id want out too.
This option to suck until we find Elite talent ruins or losses what talent you have already. So basically prepare to rebuild from scratch if you want to tank for 1-3 more years.
Assuming we can get #1 overall Bedard or #2 Michkov.... this is a fools errand. The odds of failure are high.
I much prefer the route our GM is taking... and signing really good young players, and one elite Veteran to teach them.
You don't just get to tank 2023 and 2024 and get elite talent and then compete in 2025... And I will tell you why...
Larkin, Bertuzzi and many other 24-28 year olds in our organization will leave. They will not sign here when the plan is tank forever... See the Eichel situation.
No point drafting the next McDavid, if he is virtually playing alone.
As has been said... odds are like 5% that we even land the "mystery next McDavid" anyway.
In either case, the CURRENT players are not being helped by having no talent around. Our young players could be better with more mentorship. Increased competition will push players to get better. Gifting Rasmussen or Zadina NHL jobs has not helped their development.
If Larkin and Bertuzzi said "this city sucks, im tired of losing, they have no plans to get better while im still a player"... than they will just leave in UFA, or demand a trade. Other RFA players will see this and maybe demand trades as well. You just assume Seider and Raymond wont demand a trade, but if they see a horrible scorched earth plan, id want out too.
This option to suck until we find Elite talent ruins or losses what talent you have already. So basically prepare to rebuild from scratch if you want to tank for 1-3 more years.
Assuming we can get #1 overall Bedard or #2 Michkov.... this is a fools errand. The odds of failure are high.
I much prefer the route our GM is taking... and signing really good young players, and one elite Veteran to teach them.