Quoting: Jack_
Sure Detroit didnt win the lottery but the majority of the time the last place team does end up winning it. If you are trying to win the lottery and pick 1st overall would you take a 12.5% chance of winning it or something like 18% chance of winning it. The lower you finish in the standings means you have a higher chance of winning it. That's how odds work bud.
18% chance = guaranteed success? GOT IT!
Believing you're going to win the cup with a bunch of kids is moronic. Who was the last team to win the cup with everyone under the age of 25? The notion that the recipe to quickly turnaround a rebuild is to ship out anyone over the age of 25 for picks and prospects is just stupid. Aside from the fact you are not guaranteed 1st OA, or even a top 3 pick, even if you do tank, all prospects come with risk and could not pan out as expected. Like seriously, who do we have to replace Lindholm? I mean, you clearly know my team better than I do. So who in our prospect pool can replace Lindholm as a top line D? Or who can we draft that will replace him that isn't at least 4-5 years away from doing so.
Also, you do realise that having a team that constantly sucks for years isn't good for prospect development or their compete level? and that you can't teach experience and need veterans in your line-up to guide young prospects through the new challenges. Nah.... of course you don't. You're a TOR fan. Just rip it all down and start again. Getting knocked out of the 1st round every year to a team that didn't just blow it up and kept the likes of Marchand, Bergeron, Krejci, etc. during their struggling years is good enough for you, eh?
Quoting: Jack_
I dont think you understand how age curves work or how rebuilding works either kiddo.
Good reading. I clearly said top 5 since Babcock got fired even though the leafs had a ton of injuries and Andersen was awful. They were two goals away from beating Washington and took boston to game 7 twice lol
Wow... congrats on winning the "we almost made out of the 1st round" cup! You must be really proud of your team. GTFO!!