Trading away Brind'amour, Kozlov, Pronger, Niedermayer, Hasek with the fantastic NHL seasons they are having!! even if my BRHL2 team misses the playoffs this season, that doesn't look like a wise tactic. Even Rucinsky, Sillinger, Clark are having very good seasons. I dismantled a contending team - on paper at least. But man, did my team fail to perform in this league, big time!
Trading away Brind'amour, Kozlov, Pronger, Niedermayer, Hasek with the fantastic NHL seasons they are having!! even if my BRHL2 team misses the playoffs this season, that doesn't look like a wise tactic. Even Rucinsky, Sillinger, Clark are having very good seasons. I dismantled a contending team - on paper at least. But man, did my team fail to perform in this league, big time!
After 25 games, you didn't think giving it a little more time could help? Or deal for help now?
After 25 games, you didn't think giving it a little more time could help? Or deal for help now?
The team was third last in the league when the change in strategy began. And awful in the preseason too. Only Brindy and Prongs produced. Every other veteran sucked. There was no team chemistry and after trying to tinker with lines and a few minor trades, a decision was made to strengthen the future by trading for prospects and younger talents and use the salary cap room to snap up some UFA (like ex-Isles Hasek, Sillinger, Rucinsky, Recchi perhaps ;)
Believe me when i say it's no fun to have an old team without much prospects for the future and losing consistently. At least with younger players and with prospects one has HOPE. It's more FUN. Definitely less pressure to succeed now.
It's very interesting. 
