Eric Comrie clears Waivers; Assigned to Rochester

[LGR4GM]

14 hours ago, Derrico said:

Remember when KA looked everyone in the eye preseason and told us he thought goaltending was one of the strengths of this team?

Yea and we all said only if Levi actually is a Calder level goalie from the start. Adams failed. He's not aggressive enough and he certainly isn't ruthless enough with his entire reliance of vibes. We're picking top 10 and probably top 5 because I don't believe Granato will be fired mid season or any of his lackluster assistants. Seasons over kids, record 13 years and counting and the front office to the players to the legacy media kissases don't get that the fanbase is done. I hope Terry sells the team and idc anymore if they move. I could have ran this franchise better in the last 13 years and I'm an idiot on the internet. 

[Archie Lee]

13 hours ago, Thorny said:

Vancouver and Winnipeg are great examples of teams that declined the 10-year KA build plan and instead elected to use their resources to attempt to remain competitive: seems to have worked. And winnipeg faces the same FA issues we do 

I’ve been pretty critical of Adams for how his decisions have, in my view, contributed to this season being derailed. I see no need to be hyperbolic though. His isn’t a 10 year plan. He did not have the option of making moves to try and “remain” competitive. The team had not been competitive for a decade. 

[Flashsabre]

16 hours ago, Derrico said:

Remember when KA looked everyone in the eye preseason and told us he thought goaltending was one of the strengths of this team?

Based on 5v5 play, PP, PK so far this year he might be right😛

[Thorner]

4 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

I’ve been pretty critical of Adams for how his decisions have, in my view, contributed to this season being derailed. I see no need to be hyperbolic though. His isn’t a 10 year plan. He did not have the option of making moves to try and “remain” competitive. The team had not been competitive for a decade. 

Sorry - 15 year plan 

my mistake 

[Thorner]

4 hours ago, Archie Lee said:

I’ve been pretty critical of Adams for how his decisions have, in my view, contributed to this season being derailed. I see no need to be hyperbolic though. His isn’t a 10 year plan. He did not have the option of making moves to try and “remain” competitive. The team had not been competitive for a decade. 

Canucks fans were crying for a long form rebuild in 2021 coming off a 24th place finish - especially after the fact they’d finished 23rd or worse in 5 of the last 6 seasons including that one. Including finishes of 29th, 28th, and 26th. They were bad. And got better without the mentioned long form build - I meant the strategy retained a competitiveness relative to the one we  employed, that swore of winning for years in the name of evaluation years that ended up getting us lapped by teams going the quicker route. Not that the teams were competitive and remained competitive all along the way

Edited January 2 by Thorny

[Archie Lee]

42 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Sorry - 15 year plan 

my mistake 

Reasonable people would say we are in year 3 of the Adams/Granato plan.  Maybe we are approaching the end of year 3, if you consider that Granato's 3rd anniversary as head coach is coming up March 17th.  Prior to this season, the trajectory was positive.  This season has thus far been a setback. My opinion, based on how the team has played for 2.5 months, is that there is little hope for a turnaround this season.  We will see if Adams makes moves that reflect a belief that a change in approach is needed or if he will stay with a "trust the process" approach. I think Adams is kidding himself if he thinks the 9 years that preceded his arrival should have no influence on how he manages the team.