Quoting: Isles777
That is a such a BS excuse. They actually have talented players, theyre just not household names. Trotz has cost the isles 5-6 games this season because he relies on guys like komarov and Johnston. If they would have dressed czarnik and bellows over those 2 plugs, they would have easily won tonight.
I'm not talking about talented players like Nelson, Lee, Beauvillier, Pageau, we have plenty of guys who are good at what they do. I'm talking about, as you say, household names. Cup winners have multiple elite players. Not guys having a good year like Pelech, guys who are almost always elite. Kane/Toews/Keith, Ovechkin/Backstrom/Carlson, Crosby/Malkin/Letang, Stamkos/Kucherov/Point/Hedman. The Isles have Barzal, and that's basically it. What I've seen this season convinces me that at least one, maybe all three, of Wahlstrom, Dobson and Sorokin will become that Elite core to surround Barzal. We'll get there, but 'til then, I don't want us to throw away high picks. You make big moves when you're already a frontrunners, and at this point, we're dark horses.
Though I do agree Trotz' roster choices are extremely questionable. Komarov needs to stay on Taxi Squad, he's just too slow and generates far too little offense. I kinda get why Bellows isn't playing a whole ton given expansion draft considerations, but Czarnik should still get the nod over Komarov anyways.