The only two reasons the tank didn’t work

[LGR4GM]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:02 AM, tom webster said:

You are all making some very good, insightful arguments but the point I was trying to make is that none of it would be even in conversation if they had an all-star number two center and a true number one, elite goaltender.

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We had a #2 center... but we stupidly traded him for nothing. 

[Huckleberry]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:45 AM, LGR4GM said:

We had a #2 center... but we stupidly traded him for nothing. 

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Well not really the GM's fault when the owner puts him with his back against the wall.

[LGR4GM]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:47 AM, Huckleberry said:

Well not really the GM's fault when the owner puts him with his back against the wall.

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Which is still speculation and Botterill still failed. 

[tom webster]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:45 AM, LGR4GM said:

We had a #2 center... but we stupidly traded him for nothing. 

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There’s that

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:52 AM, LGR4GM said:

Which is still speculation and Botterill still failed. 

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This is the bottom line. No matter TP’s involvement, GM has to either stand up to him or make better deal.

[SwampD]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:02 AM, tom webster said:

You are all making some very good, insightful arguments but the point I was trying to make is that none of it would be even in conversation if they had an all-star number two center and a true number one, elite goaltender.

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The problem with this line of thinking is that you just described 2/3rds of the teams in the NHL.

It’s also the exact the two things we were missing before we tanked.

***** the the Tank. I can’t even believe we are still talking about it.

Edited January 8, 2020 by SwampD

[Curt]

  On 1/8/2020 at 12:45 AM, LGR4GM said:

We had a #2 center... but we stupidly traded him for nothing. 

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Really?  I don’t recall that.  ?