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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2021 at 4:40 p.m.
Thread: Habs Rant Everyone welcome
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Howisjulienstillhere</b></div><div>2012&amp;14 kings were the most skilled?
2019 blue jackets more skilled than tampa?
2020 blue jackets more skilled than Toronto?
2019 blues most skilled?
There is a clear need for grit and physicality in the playoffs, and as I stated in the rant this team has some stupid and uncreative players. You can have your core of caufield, Suzuki, kotkaniemi, Romanov, toffoli and add a little more skill along with grit.</div></div>

Outliers are outliers. Go back the last 20 years, and look at the teams that won, how many of those team's core and immediate support were players with low to average ability and skill, but elite level grit?

I'm not saying grit is irrelevant, in general, it is often that which separate good players from great ones; but all that means nothing if elite ability and pure skill is nowhere to be found. You win by having good players. It is that simple.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2021 at 8:33 a.m.
Thread: Habs Rant Everyone welcome
Grit and determination do not win championships, skill does. This is true in every sport. The highly skill team more often than not, wins. Sure, you might get your occasional Cinderella story, or a miracle coach being inspired, but those things are as rare as they come. The fact of the matter is, the skill level, game intelligence and creativity on this team as a group is low to average, very average. But the GM is one those who like many, is fooled by grit, determination and "character". You can have all those things as much as you want, without any actual skill, you just like Cinderella, would be waiting for a fairy godmother to magically transforms your reality into a dream.

Lastly, I've said here before, you do not win by trying to 'win' every year. This team should be looking at its next crop and understand, that's its veterans have had their day. We should be looking at getting as many blue chip 2017 to 2020 drafted prospects as much as we can, (not draft picks, I do not trust this gm to draft well) but many are too emotional entangled with certain players, that they rather continue to lose and go nowhere, than see those players traded.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16, 2021 at 12:35 p.m.
Thread: Gutting the Heart to Save the Body
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockey247</b></div><div>vegas won't make this trade. and habs wont either. gally is the next captain and the heart and soul of the team. he sets an example for everyone else and the rookies. he energizes the team. if anything we need more gally's on the team. right now, for the habs to take the next step, thye need to add an elite puck moving D and a regular puck moving D. and up front, thye need suzuki, KK and caufield to develop into stars. thats how this team will be good. but that has to balanced against the decline of price, weber, and petry</div></div>

For me, it's a simple case of are you closer to winning now or not? Will the habs win the cup in the next 2-3 years? if not, then your focus should be on the next age crop in your team.

It is nothing against Gally per se, he is everything you said he is and more; but he is also the most valuable veteran forward with a worldly reputation around the league now, why wait 2-3 years and risk his value dropping if you're not going to win anyway?
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 16, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.
Thread: Gutting the Heart to Save the Body
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockey247</b></div><div>trading gallaghar is not the solution to save this team. bringing in puck moving D is the solution.</div></div>

In most ways you're right. But I just think management for the last 10 years since they've been here have been operating like a degenerate gambler; ”maybe a little tweak and twist here and maybe my luck will change"..Enough. In Alex Tuch, you have a player who can right now produce around 70% or so of Gally, still young enough to improve, and it doesn't hurt to have his talented brother also in the system. And Krebs, he is a talented prospect, who can also serve as an insurance policy down the middle if KK fails to live up to his potential... For me, it is an outright win, the only question left to be answered- will Vegas bite?