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We're in the hunt for a wildcard spot along with several other teams. Yzerman has re-signed Maata and taken Bertuzzi off the market. Indicating he's more interested in pursuing the playoffs than acquiring future assets. 1. He wants to make the playoffs regardless of cup chances. Probably for a couple reasons. He wants to see how this team performs in a playoff situation. Who steps up? Who caves? Is Bertuzzi really the playoff buzzsaw the league expects him to be? Is Larkin someone who can lead this team to a cup? Regardless of that - it also gives this team and its young players a glance into the next level that is the playoffs. An experience I'm sure he wants everyone to get sooner rather than later. 2. SY is already fulfilled by his prospect pool. He likes his young core, and doesn't feel the heavy need for future assets that we had in the past anymore. This should lend a tremendous amount of faith to the players already in the system. Edvinsson, Wallinder, Albert Johansson, Anton Johansson, and Buium are all likely as good as we suspect. Buchnelikov, Lombardi, Kasper, Mazur, Hanas, Berggren, and Soderblom are likely as good as we suspect. But also Seider, Larkin, Bertuzzi, Fabbri, Hronek, Vrana, Ras, Veleno, and Husso he is happy with. 3. Vrana and Bertuzzi are our deadline additions. Both are returning to form and will likely be an incredible boost to this team. Think about it. They were both penned into our top6 this summer - but neither has really played - till now. 4. Doesn't this make us buyers? I don't think SY would hedge our future for a rental. If he acquires, it will be a meaningful piece he intends to keep. Chychrun and Meier might be too expensive. Maybe he sneaks in and acquires one after the rest of the teams panic buy other assets. But I think he likely goes after low impact assets or stands pat. Loww impact assets like Kulikov - Domi or Barbashev or Gavrikov could be interesting too. Regardless - I think it's interesting that SY is forcing this team forward. I wonder how much of this is him being organic, and how much is this pressure to return the team to form from ownership.

Yeah this is literally r-slurred. And his previous article was "wings should trade Eddogg for Jiricek." Ignore.

im in it too!