Quoting: Capitalfail67
THING THAT DRIVES ME NUTS.... people who refuse to look at the bigger issue and just chalk it up to dumb luck. "huh yeah i guess they are doing better with the new team" YEAH NO SHAT!!! THEY WERE GOOD PLAYERS lol. EVEN Schmidt got benched for MIKE WEBER !!! remember that? look at the talent we let go
who we let go
Vrana -- 3 goals and 8 points in 35 playoff games, I am glad that he has gotten treatment but has also played 40 games since the trade
Stephenson -- find ONE take from when he was traded of anyone who thought he could be more than a pretty good 4th liner
Bura -- 25 points in 75 games his last year in WSH, stuck behind Ovi, Wilson, Oshie, Vrana, Connolly on the depth chart, requested a trade
Samsonov -- repeatedly proved he wasn't mature/consistent enough to be the starter, glad he has found his game in TOR (which by all advanced metrics is a very similar defensive environment to WSH)
Vanecek -- see above, has been completely average in NJ this year
Copley -- despite winning a bunch of games this year has been quite bad in the NHL, an AHL starter at best
Seigenthaler -- big mistake, shouldn't have brought in Chara, everyone at the time knew it was a mistake
Sprong -- even to good play-driving 4th liner who creates a lot of offense but also giving a ton of it up, incredibly streaky scorer from year to year who had one good season in DC then one bad one
who we brought in
Sheary -- great value
Mantha -- has been bad
Panik -- was ok for a year then bad, gave too much money
Raffl -- meh, only gave up a 5th and played 4 playoff games
Hathaway -- one of the bet 4th liners in the league
Hags -- extension was a bit much but an incredible defensive player and pker, unlucky with injuries
Larsson -- great defensive 4th liner, only gave up a 3rd
Dillon -- was very good as a JC partner while here then flipped for more than we paid SJS for him
Kovi -- meh, once again only gave up a 3rd
DK -- super solid and most importantly consistent
Chuck -- did great while DK was out, has slowed down a bit recently, much better than Fucale who has a .889s% on a top 5 AHL team
Would also like to add:
Gus -- incredible 2/3rds of the season, got a great return
MoJo -- see above
Strome -- perfect running mate for Ovi, very fair contract
Milano -- great middle 6 winger on a below market value contract
Dowd -- legitimately the best 4th liner in the league
for every shouldve kept!!11!1!1!1!!! guy BMac has been able to find at least one other replacement that was also underutilized by their previous teams! There have obviously been individual mistakes, Chara over Seigenthaler and Weber over Schmidt chief among them, but to act like this is some big systemic failure rather than the natural quirks of development is disingenuous