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One one hand, sure, but Matthews and Nylander are just as likely to burn out or get injured at the Olympics, so that really doesn't bode well. The only thing we have going for us is how few olympians we do have, which paradoxically also shows how bad we are.

It is, but man they are not a dominant team. They got lucky yesterday against the Oilers and looked kind of meh against Calgary & Vancouver.

McMann!!! Yes, increase your trade value!

Can't believe Simpson was saying Matthews should get called for embellishment after *checks notes* getting sticked in the face.

I think we're probably in for the mushy middle. At this point I'm hoping for like 15th overall but selling assets at the deadline to restock the cupboard and maybe a 1st rounder or two in 27.

Willy was an artist out there last night. Really highlights why coaches are frustrated with him - he has the potential to be a top 10 player in the league on both sides of the ice. I don't know how he set up Maccelli for his goal though, just wizardry.

I mean the best thing we got was lucking out 1st OA for AM34 but beyond that it's been basically hell. I seriously can't believe we're essentially reliving the Kessel trade.

lmao amazing.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/barry-trotz-to-step-down-as-gm-of-predators/ Well that was a crappy two and a half years.

Well the Leafs won, but neither team deserves to win. That game really underlined how bad both teams are.

So who is it? It has to be internal and quite frankly I think the whole GM leadership should be cleaned out except for maybe Hayley Wickenheiser.

And now they're flirting with Alberta Separatists. Makes my blood boil.

And it's even more annoying considering we want to root for losses but we're reliving the Kessel trade nightmare, just instead of the 2nd OA pick, it'll be 6th.

It does take a pretty special front office to take a division leading team to last in the span of a year. I don't see why even Pridham should be given the keys if he's been part of this mess from the beginning.

Unfortunately even when we did get a GM with a track record like Burke it blew up in our faces. There needs to be a mandate to not attempt to short circuit drafting and developing and hanging on to your blue chip prospects unless you have a guarantee of a long-term commitment from the player...

Stoli is a sieve that needed to go down to the AHL. Ego way too big after not even a seasons worth of good play.

Fold the franchise.

I thought it was a pull down but yeah that makes a ton of sense. Just didn't pull his head back after pushing it up I guess and lost control on the way down.

I do see a world where they're incentivized this year at least to try and grind out as many wins as possible so Boston can receive the 12th OA pick instead of 6th or 7th. We're basically back to the no win situation when Burke traded for Kessel.

Whatever the case is, they didn't adapt. We can probably ascribe the most blame to Shanny, but every GM and AGM throughout this tenure is culpable. It's been mistake after mistake since they all collectively short circuited the rebuild once they drafted Matthews and handed out horrible...