We are stuck, this team is nowhere near a playoff team let alone a Cup Contender. After saying he was getting traded, you have to trade him now.
How can you say we havent played any good teams and think there is something going on? This team is playing with no stress or expectations. How many times were they out shot and our goalies saved us? There is nothing going on here for next year. Mika duplicating this season next year is a bit of a stretch and Miller will have to be 100 percent better just to make the playoffs.No grind. Like you said fools gold.
The team, yes, its very stuck. Every time I try to make an ACGM, the “puzzle pieces” are all weird as far as trying to make a combination of lines that make sense. Since you have to think that the likelihood of Trocheck being gone is there. Then you have to make a line with Miller that never looks good. The bottom 6, however, Im optimistic about and its easier to make something up with Chmelar, Sykora, Laba, Kartye. Then you get to the defense, and outside of Gavrikov/Fox, you’re kind of left scratching your head.
As far as having to trade Trocheck, how often has Drury done things that make sense?
Goes back to my thoughts of if we miss out on the top 2 picks in the draft, is there a world were it makes sense to trade back to acquire more picks and really go ham on rebuilding the prospect pool.