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I like it a lot.
Woah!!
Like both the term and the AAV
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I finally feel like we did something to improve the team.
A couple of negativesā¦
He isnāt much for playing defense, and it didnāt really work out well in NY when he and Kane played on the same line.
I love this move, though. Iām happy.
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Another 2 year deal.
Itās becoming more clear that the āplanā is remain just competitive enough to keep the wolves at bayā¦.
and then hope the young guys are ready for the ā26-27 season.
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Which deep down we all kinda knew that.
Like either bandade players, miss the playoffs, maybe get a few good drafts and let the rookies develop. And be VERY competitive in 2026
OR
Blow all the cap space and draft picks, sign long term deals, make the playoffs and get blasted the next 3 years, end up picking late in the draft, block the kids from coming up. And likely not be VERY competitive until 2028.
So pick your poison.
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Good move IMO.
I think expecting growth from Griffins players is fine but the # of players we would have been counting was a bit extreme.
Tarasenko alleviates some of that and offers some PP options. Hoping he has a strong year at full strength!
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Do hockey rebuilds normally take that long?
They do when they are starting from NOTHING.
When stevey took the job. They had Larkin. No one else. No extra draft capital, and were paying $10m+ to dead bodies.
The only prospects they had that are still with the team.
Rass, Veleno, Berg,
Every other prospect Steve has brought in.
It takes that long to build a whole roster unless you get a slam dunk #1 draft pick.
They only thing they COULD have done to boost it would have been to Trade away Larkin early to get more picks and prospects
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The Wings that won the Cups were like 3rd iterations deep of them trying to rise from the Dead Things eraā¦
Ogrodnick as the only guy worth a shit, then all of the next group of Klima and Chiasson and Carson and LaPointe and Primeau and Coffey and Federko and McKegney as old FA misses, the two headed goalies of the mid late 80s with Probieā¦THEN you start to see the Grinders show up and Kozlov and Federov and Vladdy and Lidstromā¦THEN the FA floodgates with Shanny and later all the HoFsā¦
THEN the next wave worked with Zetts and Pavel and Franzen and Kronwall etc.
They arent yet in final form to make another runā¦they are probably at the Primeau/Coffey/Carson/Federko stageā¦The At Least They Dont Suck and play Entertaining Hockey stage.
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I guess Iāll jump in and say that I am very, very leery of this deal.
Vlad didnāt look good in NY, and he was more or less a total ghost in the playoffs. I watched literslly every single NHL playoff game last postseason and he really didnt make much of a difference for FLA.
I wish theyād have a little bit more of a discount here, but Iām absolutely willing and hoping to eat crow here. I just wouldāve preferred Perron to stay on board.
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