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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Sun, 01 December 2019 13:29 |
Sure they should make smart bets. They should always do that, but I think if people want Holland to make a 2006 Lowe-style splash at deadline they're banking on hope over reason again. If the division is bad, just keep getting a little better. Always just a little better.
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| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 01 December 2019 14:09 |
Doubt a Hall trade is made unless an extension is already worked out. I can't see Holland going wild for a rental this year.
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I agree with both of these things - we don't want to sell the farm here, and we need to be certain that if we do make moves, that they're somewhat sustainable.
That is the one thing about the 2006 moves - Spacek, Tarnstrom, Samsonov, Roloson, Murray were all UFAs to be, and there were several others on the team that were too (Peca, Pisani, Laraque, Harvey).
Lowe was gambling that if we were really good, players would want to sign at a discount to stay, or we'd attract other free agents who wanted to play with a really good team led by a future Hall of Fame defenceman. It was probably a good bet - after all, Calgary had signed a few people who wanted to play with Iginla after the 2004 run - buuuuuuut...well, we all know what happened there.
A run might help convince players the future is near and may make it easier to attract people to come here.
We do have some assets we could use too - 2020 1st rounder, Puljujarvi, Yamamoto, Benson, Jones, even Broberg...depending on what's available and what bad contract they might take with it I wouldn't say any of those are untouchable.
I still think the whole thing hinges on Koskinen. If he falters, then maybe there's no point in taking any big swings
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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