Quote: @TBro said:
They aren't better. Fletcher was forced to fix his bad trades and free agent signings by packaging Scandella and Pommenville's bad contract to Buffalo for more players who haven't lived up to their potential yet like Ennis. Foglino will be a solid Fourth Liner and will add a physical presence, but Fletch got far less in return than what he should have for Scandella. Pommenville's contract was a boat anchor that nobody wanted. Fletch had to dump some cap space in order to add some role players because the Parise/Suter contracts are only going to get worse over the next several years as their play continues to decline and their contracts saddle this team from being able to make any moves. Bottom line is that we need to be really bad for several years in order to have any shot at the elite difference makers in the top of the draft. We will never see those kinds of players with where we finish every year. Good enough to make the playoffs, but not good enough to get past the first round. We are stuck in purgatory until we can free ourselves of Parise/Suter.  

Quote: @Kentis said:
Kuemper is gone!  B)

Quote: @JimmyinSD said:

@TBro said:
They aren't better. Fletcher was forced to fix his bad trades and free agent signings by packaging Scandella and Pommenville's bad contract to Buffalo for more players who haven't lived up to their potential yet like Ennis. Foglino will be a solid Fourth Liner and will add a physical presence, but Fletch got far less in return than what he should have for Scandella. Pommenville's contract was a boat anchor that nobody wanted. Fletch had to dump some cap space in order to add some role players because the Parise/Suter contracts are only going to get worse over the next several years as their play continues to decline and their contracts saddle this team from being able to make any moves. Bottom line is that we need to be really bad for several years in order to have any shot at the elite difference makers in the top of the draft. We will never see those kinds of players with where we finish every year. Good enough to make the playoffs, but not good enough to get past the first round. We are stuck in purgatory until we can free ourselves of Parise/Suter.  

Didn't Sutter lead the league in several categories last year like minutes and +/-  for defensemen?

Also doesnt the Wild have several of the top ranked players in the world in their minor league system?

No that trade didn't make the team better, but I hardly think things are as dire as you make them sound.

Quote: @JimmyinSD said:

@Kentis said:
Kuemper is gone!  B)

now they just need to have Duubs implanted with a small device that gives him a shock if his heart rate isnt above a certain marker to keep him focused.  when he is on... he is on,  but some of the goals he gives up are so weak.