Quoting: DucharmetheDOMinator
I better copy this. Exactly what I've been trying to say
Quoting: Jay27
No. People think tanking is worth it because you can get the next messiah #1 overall to lead the team to the promise land, in actuality you hurt the development of your young guys by creating a losing environment and only have a what %17 chance of picking 1st and even then there is no guarantee one player can turn your team around. Look at McDavid, best player in the world and his team still can’t get past the first round. Mentality should always be to win, never tank on purpose.
Im not going to bother advocating for or against attack. Having Bedard, Michkov, Fantilli, Yager etc... would be awesome to add to Suzuki and Caufield. sure you can add a massive free agent or two in a couple of years but thats a whole different conversation
this is the point im trying to adress
Crosby 3 cups finished 29 in 2005-06
Ovechkin 1 cup finnshed 27 and 27 from 2005-07
kopitar 2 cups finished 28,30,26 from 2006-09
Bergeron 1 cup finished 25,23 from 2005-07
and mackinon no cups but superstar finished 21,21,30 from 2014-17
You can't win unless you learn how to lose
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
you can argue for or agasint tanking to try and land one of Bedard and michkov who look like stars in the making or fantilli or Yager or many others next year to add to this young core
but I certainly don't agree that having young kids experience a bad season or two will ruin their careers.
to me these kids need to be playing big minutes and be able to make mistakes and make great plays to truly learn and then you can start to build a winning team around them