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I'm sorry, but this log jam on D, while we need to call up guys like Lazar and Asplund is a huge failure of the GM.     This is pro sports, stop overthinking and fix it already... you'll get what you can get for Risto and move on.     JBot is entering Darcy territory. 

 

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12 hours ago, pi2000 said:

I'm sorry, but this log jam on D, while we need to call up guys like Lazar and Asplund is a huge failure of the GM.     This is pro sports, stop overthinking and fix it already... you'll get what you can get for Risto and move on.     JBot is entering Darcy territory. 

 

Here we go.  "Do Something".  

Why do these posts continue to exist?  You speak as though there's a move to be made that helps this team and the GM is intentionally not making that move.  What if the only players available on the trade market right now are the equivalent of Lazar and Asplund?  What if it's only draft picks?

You aren't alone in these posts, too many people keep calling out for "Do Something".  

Everyone take a moment and go look at this page: https://www.nhl.com/news/2019-20-nhl-trades/c-289968698

Look over that list and figure out what move there would help the team?

For every bit of interest in a potential player (Toffoli) there are plenty of counter-arguments to making the move.  There are not slam dunk "Do Somethings"

 

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4 hours ago, LTS said:

Here we go.  "Do Something".  

Why do these posts continue to exist?  You speak as though there's a move to be made that helps this team and the GM is intentionally not making that move.  What if the only players available on the trade market right now are the equivalent of Lazar and Asplund?  What if it's only draft picks?

You aren't alone in these posts, too many people keep calling out for "Do Something".  

Everyone take a moment and go look at this page: https://www.nhl.com/news/2019-20-nhl-trades/c-289968698

Look over that list and figure out what move there would help the team?

For every bit of interest in a potential player (Toffoli) there are plenty of counter-arguments to making the move.  There are not slam dunk "Do Somethings"

 

It's not as difficult as you make it sound.  How many fans were on the Jokiharju train before Botterill made that trade? It wasn't a huge deal, but it has impacted the roster in a positive way.

 Botterill can find deals to make, the problem is that he has built the current roster with 9 puck-moving defenseman and Jimmy Vesey.

He needs to focus on building forward depth and he doesn't need to hit a home run here.  Just find a couple of guys better than Sobotka. 

He's a professional GM with fully staffed scouting department and tradable assets.  It's time he moves from just stock-piling talent for the future to actually building an NHL roster that can compete and win this season.

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