Kyle Davidson believes it’s time for the rebuild to take a step forward and does not intend to finish near the bottom of the standings again.
April 20, 2024
Kyle Davidson believes it’s time for the rebuild to take a step forward and does not intend to finish near the bottom of the standings again.
14 comments
Me to Kyle. Me to.
Not sure I love this. Of course, I’d love to watch a competitive/good team as much as anyone. But I don’t want it to happen as a result of rushing a rebuild that sacrifices the long term. That said, what GMs/coaches say to the media makes no difference, let’s see what this means in terms of the roster and draft picks. Then we can judge if any taken actions sacrifices long term, or if we can get better while keeping the long term plan (TM) in mind.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Thank fuck. I feel like upper management is putting a bit more pressure on him after how awful this season went. I know we were supposed to be a basement team this year but this was a historically bad team and way worse than last years team
Makes sense. Another year, another step. Should have been better this year if not for Hall and Perry and a lot of other injuries. Add a decent vet defenseman and forward and you’ll have a much better team on paper than this year.
Some things to keep in mind:
– His actions don’t indicate a playoff push is the intention yet. He gave out massive (relative to market value) contracts to Foligno, Dickinson, Athanasiou, and Mrazek for the next two seasons. I don’t believe these players will be on the team when they are competing for a playoff spot.
– It’s not necessarily a bad thing to finish with the 7th to 11th best draft lottery odds. These are the teams that are more likely to advance in pick position than fall, and are able to win either of the draws.
– They already have the best young player alive. His development needs to take priority over anything else, and playing for lottery odds will be an impediment to this.
I expect and hope to see a 70-75 point season next year.
With a healthy Taylor Hall and a couple new good players I think we will better for sure.
get kane
I’m all for trying to push, but I hope he doesn’t do any major buying because if our core isn’t ready, let’s try and not force it
I am fine with them trying to build a team that gets them out of bottom five in the league, I think expecting anything more is way too soon.
Just get some help for bedsy please
What about Stamkos though?
Hallelujah, I’m not expecting a playoff spot either but 80 points and at least being mathematically alive toward end of season would be a huge step forward.
For those asking about Halls health look at his game history, 60 games healthy is not out of the question.
14 comments
Me to Kyle. Me to.
Not sure I love this. Of course, I’d love to watch a competitive/good team as much as anyone. But I don’t want it to happen as a result of rushing a rebuild that sacrifices the long term. That said, what GMs/coaches say to the media makes no difference, let’s see what this means in terms of the roster and draft picks. Then we can judge if any taken actions sacrifices long term, or if we can get better while keeping the long term plan (TM) in mind.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Thank fuck. I feel like upper management is putting a bit more pressure on him after how awful this season went. I know we were supposed to be a basement team this year but this was a historically bad team and way worse than last years team
Makes sense. Another year, another step. Should have been better this year if not for Hall and Perry and a lot of other injuries. Add a decent vet defenseman and forward and you’ll have a much better team on paper than this year.
Some things to keep in mind:
– His actions don’t indicate a playoff push is the intention yet. He gave out massive (relative to market value) contracts to Foligno, Dickinson, Athanasiou, and Mrazek for the next two seasons. I don’t believe these players will be on the team when they are competing for a playoff spot.
– It’s not necessarily a bad thing to finish with the 7th to 11th best draft lottery odds. These are the teams that are more likely to advance in pick position than fall, and are able to win either of the draws.
– They already have the best young player alive. His development needs to take priority over anything else, and playing for lottery odds will be an impediment to this.
I expect and hope to see a 70-75 point season next year.
With a healthy Taylor Hall and a couple new good players I think we will better for sure.
get kane
I’m all for trying to push, but I hope he doesn’t do any major buying because if our core isn’t ready, let’s try and not force it
I am fine with them trying to build a team that gets them out of bottom five in the league, I think expecting anything more is way too soon.
Just get some help for bedsy please
What about Stamkos though?
Hallelujah, I’m not expecting a playoff spot either but 80 points and at least being mathematically alive toward end of season would be a huge step forward.
For those asking about Halls health look at his game history, 60 games healthy is not out of the question.