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Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 9:04 a.m.
Thread: We dont need cap space Stop trying to trade like we do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>cmarch</b></div><div>Reilly is coming back not Aho. Btw Holmstrom is getting paid about half that value. They'll have around 3.3M in cap space after bringing their guys back. One of Lee and Pageau will be moved, the question from there becomes who do they bring in</div></div>

Why pay to move them until the deadline. Makes no sense, and one of Lous philosophies is if you have time, use it.

Also, FAs don't like L.I. Can't blame them. The infrastructure is old. Traffic is bad. Fans are rude. And on top of that, people act like it's some sort of honor to be here. So no. We aren't going to be getting a piece better than Lee or Pageau. No star player in their right mind would choose to come here.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 3 at 11:33 a.m.
Thread: Could this work
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ForsbergForVezina</b></div><div>I see where you're coming from and respect it. Deep down I know a serious retool (total rebuild?) is what we need but as long as Lou is GM it's not going to happen. There's a lot of good pieces on this team, but they're missing 2-3 that will make them a true contender. Maybe they can find them without tearing down what's there, but probably not</div></div>

It's sad because I've seen John T take less term to go elswhere, Panera Bread take less money to play not even an hour away. Gaudrea took more money but it was for a really bad Blue Jackets team.

Big UFAs have shown time and again there's nothing special about the Island to attract them. And I don't blame them. We had a song making fun of Josh Bailey for years. We are not a good fan base. We even hazed Gaudreau when he just took more money, for honestly, a better area. Long Island infrastructure is not only old designed, it was intentionally designed bad, this iwas a way to keep poor(black) people from taking the bus to the beach.

Long story short. We aren't going to get outside help. We need to build within, and Lou is keeping us in mediocrity because it's just good enough to sell tickets.