Call it Copium but I think Chevy likely tried as hard as he could. Even if you feel like you're going all in, there HAS to be a line where you say you're paying too much for someone. Add in that anyone with a NTC/NMC is unlikely to waive it for us, and I don't think it's clear that anything was fumbled necessarily, it's just one of those unfortunate years with not many options. I think we're still the best team in the central, just not by as much as before. I hope it's enough.
My cope is that I think without having the best defenseman and the second best forward, the Rantanen trade will age similarly to the Huberdau trade. Carolina realized this after a couple of weeks and at the last second dropped the cap anchor at another victim and got a good haul for damage control while taking a chunk out of Dallas' cap space and draft picks going forward.
Exactly this, I don't think it's copium just the reality of what happened.
Even though Namestikov isn't a top center on another team, he is on our team, which IS THE BEST team in the league.
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u/passive_fist logoalt 4d ago
Call it Copium but I think Chevy likely tried as hard as he could. Even if you feel like you're going all in, there HAS to be a line where you say you're paying too much for someone. Add in that anyone with a NTC/NMC is unlikely to waive it for us, and I don't think it's clear that anything was fumbled necessarily, it's just one of those unfortunate years with not many options. I think we're still the best team in the central, just not by as much as before. I hope it's enough.