three picks hitting in six years is not a great ratio. and they were all top 6, you BETTER hit in the top 6.
kasper falling off the planet has been a huge disappointment. to me he belongs on the first line as a winger, but rven when he's been up there he hasnt been great.
yeah yeah, he does other things. well, we need him to score. a little more cole caufield and a little less kotaneimi.
we dont know what they offered other free agents. in his defense, the big free agents didnt want to come here.
and honestly, if they had traded for quinn hughes - a dynamic offensive player but a small one - would it have made a difference this year? i have my doubts...but 5x5 scoring has been so difficult for them and hughes definitely would have helped with that.
and debrincat fell into his lap because he told ottawa he would only go to detroit or he would leave as a free agent. hard to count that as a savvy deal.
another year and another collapse. and we dont even get a middling pick out of it this year.
this was the year they fixed the goalie. this was the year they made a move at the deadline. this was the year they traded the future for the present.
and it looks like theyre going to fail again. if they do, they should make changes. the careful plodding approach, taking low ceiling high floor guys, not overspending on high impact players, hasnt worked out.
time for a change.
kasper has been a massive disappointment. danielson too, to a lesser degree.
those guys are both top ten picks and they havent come close to the impact of seider/raymond/edvinsson.
getting rid of the money rules is the best thing to happen to michigan. now they dont have to keep up this facade about not paying players. now that its out in the open, michigan can unleash the money cannon of one of the richest, most sports obsessed fan bases in the country.
and they have.
yup.
because he doesnt do what most teams loom for in a defensive end: consistent pressure.
the lions look for different abilities. crush the pocket, set the edge.
one might say the lions are playing moneyball.
i woukd argue - and i think you would agree - that they need a pure pass rusher for third down and long.
sure, but this rule wasnt instituted for cade. cade is ACTUALLY INJURED. everyone seems to forget why this waa put in: because too many players sit out for rest.
it was an attempt to give players an incentive to play. but even with that incentive they dont care enough to play.
this is not a leahue problem, its a player problem.