Alot of good posts on this thread, here's my take
Past: I've posted on here about the whole Parise fiasco before and I still stand by what I said. Lou did the right thing when giving him the 1 year deal off of the major knee injury. However, he completely dropped the ball by not negotiating with his agent from the All-Star break - through the end of the year when Parise had proved he was healthy and still a star. Once he hit free agency, he made the decision to go play back home. I don't want to hear anybody bitch about not trading him. Everybody would have flipped out, we would not have gotten a whole lot for him (would have been like the Kovy trade) and we probably don't even make the playoffs last year! I still blame Lou too, but let's be rational about it. Lou took the chance, we almost won the Cup and then he walked. End of story.
Present: Nevermind won a game, when was the last time we friggin scored? The PP is a disgrace and it just goes to show how many 3rd line players are really on this team. Too many grinders and mediocre players and not enough playmakers/goalscorers. Doesn't fit the system we have. It just sucks, when the team was completely healthy, we were so tough to play against. But with the extended injuries to Marty and Kovy this year, we were never able to get on a roll like the past few years. Oh, and the defense SUCKS. As a team, they are extremely slow and have no offensive capability. How is Larsson not in the lineup every night? Ok, rant over.
Future: Now I think the future is alot brighter than most. Team is in a very good situation cap wise. At this point, Kovy should not bother coming back but rest and be 100% ready for the fall. If that happens, the team will probably secure a top 5 draft pick. (Lou is a dumbass for not dumping the first round draft pick last year) I think we're going to see Marty and Elias go out together after next year and I think the organization will go through a mini-rebuild. Not the end of the world, but it will be different. In terms of the extra money, I don't want to see it wasted on stupid contracts that Lou has given out over the past 5 years.
Clarkson - Not one penny more than 3 million a year or just let him walk.
Zajac - WTF? I'll give him a "pass" this year (I guess) but I hope that contract doesn't blow up in our faces. He better realize he's a big part of this franchise now and needs to play 1000 times better with the money he's making now.
Let's bring up some of the younger Defensive prospects in camp and hope a few of them crack the lineup next year. Also excited to see if Boucher can grab a spot and see what all of the hype is about.
Past: I've posted on here about the whole Parise fiasco before and I still stand by what I said. Lou did the right thing when giving him the 1 year deal off of the major knee injury. However, he completely dropped the ball by not negotiating with his agent from the All-Star break - through the end of the year when Parise had proved he was healthy and still a star. Once he hit free agency, he made the decision to go play back home. I don't want to hear anybody bitch about not trading him. Everybody would have flipped out, we would not have gotten a whole lot for him (would have been like the Kovy trade) and we probably don't even make the playoffs last year! I still blame Lou too, but let's be rational about it. Lou took the chance, we almost won the Cup and then he walked. End of story.
Present: Nevermind won a game, when was the last time we friggin scored? The PP is a disgrace and it just goes to show how many 3rd line players are really on this team. Too many grinders and mediocre players and not enough playmakers/goalscorers. Doesn't fit the system we have. It just sucks, when the team was completely healthy, we were so tough to play against. But with the extended injuries to Marty and Kovy this year, we were never able to get on a roll like the past few years. Oh, and the defense SUCKS. As a team, they are extremely slow and have no offensive capability. How is Larsson not in the lineup every night? Ok, rant over.
Future: Now I think the future is alot brighter than most. Team is in a very good situation cap wise. At this point, Kovy should not bother coming back but rest and be 100% ready for the fall. If that happens, the team will probably secure a top 5 draft pick. (Lou is a dumbass for not dumping the first round draft pick last year) I think we're going to see Marty and Elias go out together after next year and I think the organization will go through a mini-rebuild. Not the end of the world, but it will be different. In terms of the extra money, I don't want to see it wasted on stupid contracts that Lou has given out over the past 5 years.
Clarkson - Not one penny more than 3 million a year or just let him walk.
Zajac - WTF? I'll give him a "pass" this year (I guess) but I hope that contract doesn't blow up in our faces. He better realize he's a big part of this franchise now and needs to play 1000 times better with the money he's making now.
Let's bring up some of the younger Defensive prospects in camp and hope a few of them crack the lineup next year. Also excited to see if Boucher can grab a spot and see what all of the hype is about.
