IafrateOvie34
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A well constructed team does not sell at TDL for two years in a row. GMBM will always be remembered for his part in 2018 but its been down hill ever since. Interestingly enough, 2018 was in big part owed to two big free agent signings and Oshie trade. Neither one has happened since 2018. Whether its trough draft, trades, waivers of fa signings, GMBM has been trying to find guys that either injured or coming off an injury, or dropped in draft position because of injury. Always trying to be smarter than everybody else. Not saying that its been a fail every time, obviously some choices are working out better than others. Just saying it seems like they strayed away from the very strategy that helped them win a cup in the first place.
Saw Ovi mention something along the lines of im sure gm will sign some experienced guys this summer. My guess would be the conversation went something like hey forget the two waisted years. We got $ to spend and we are going to use it this summer.
Time will tell but knowing Ted i think its safe to say that we are stuck with GMBM for foreseeable future-results be dammed.
I'm not convinced Ted doesn't still meddle. Years from now we'll look back and some of the guys GMBM wanted to trade possibly got nullified. I mean historically this happened.
Isles also had a coaching change mid-season that's starting to kick in.
This will rattle a few, but I will laugh my ass off if both the NYI and Pens knock out the top two seeds. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the Pens despite trading Guentzel make it to the ECF. I say this because no matter what folks or myself think, they manage to pull off stuff. My hatred for them is still the same though.
Edit: Well one of them knock out the top seed since one is a WC holder.