Baker & Fairburn pod: The time has come

[Taro T]

2 minutes ago, Archie Lee said:

With so many real things to be critical of Sabre management for, I guess I just struggle with finding reasons to be critical of the things they got right. I mean, we want them to consider the opinions of their development staff, right?  

This is hilarious.  'They'd've drafted Benson anyhow, they like small players high in the draft.'  Yes, they do like small forwards, if they can skate like the wind which Benson doesn't do.

'Well, they listened to their development people and that was a good thing.'  Well, yes, they DID listen to their development people and that was a very good thing because as have said previously the Benson pick was a very good one and he's better than anyone else they had been inclined to pick instead of him.

 

Please show us what was critical of them choosing Benson?  That was great.  But they wouldn't have taken him had they not drafted Savoie and they very likely wouldn't have had McLeod if they hadn't drafted Savoie.  So, in a round about way, drafting Savoie was an excellent choice as that pick resulted in them getting the value of McLeod and also the added value of Benson over whomever else was on their radar when they chose Benson over that guy.

 

[Flashsabre]

Maybe Terry will fly to Detroit to address the team and fix everything like he did in Montreal last year🙄😝😂

I just remember how much Kevyn kissed his ass afterwards saying how impressive the things Terry said in the dressing room were😳 

[Spoonman]

22 hours ago, Jorcus said:

 

It's the NHL general managers meeting. They are all in Toronto. 

I like my conspiracy theories. 🤐

[Crusader1969]

16 hours ago, oddoublee said:

I'm clearly in the minority here. I actually liked the way the team had been playing to start the year. 

I'm no KA defender and never will be....but to say this team has not been severely impacted by roster injuries would be horribly unfair.

This roster has been gutted.

I’m with you. At full strength, the team looked okay—which is an improvement. But injuries aside, 1 win in the last 10 shows it’s time to move on. Holding onto a long-term GM hoping things will click is like keeping an ex’s number—you know they weren’t great to begin with, but you convince yourself they could be okay if things were different. Most of the time, you’re better off cutting ties and moving forward.