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Originally Posted by Genius Brian Lawton
Its the catch 22 - we have sacrificed so much of the future in the past few years that... do we really want to do this? Or should we wait it out just a little bit, see if we can recover a bit and play to potential, and sneak in the playoffs?
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Not doing anything is being complicit in losing. Sneaking into the playoffs isn't good enough. That's not the goal. Winning the cup is the goal, and teams that 'sneak in' never win it.
SFY has shown that he knows what players are worth. When they're not on the Lightning, very little.
If we had ridden out last season with Smellis, where would we be today? All I know is this thread wouldn't exist.
We were a goaltender and a defenseman away from competing last year. We're a goaltender and a defenseman away from competing this year.