BigWinston 15 Report post Posted August 23, 2017 Hi Everyone... Happy Summer! I'm greatly looking forward to the start of the new season in a couple of months time and it got me wondering about what would be a "good" 2017/18 season for the wings. I think we all accept winning the cup is an long outside shot at best, so where's the bar set for you on whether the season is a success or not? Curious to hear your thoughts. BW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadgerBob 297 Report post Posted August 23, 2017 Win the lottery. 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted August 23, 2017 I'm more so looking forward to see how individuals perform this season rather than the team as a whole. I'd just like to see a clear direction with management and better systems and player usage from coaching. I think on paper we should be a slightly better team, which isn't necessarily a good thing. I'd like to see us trade off a couple bad contracts, give the kids ample playing time, finish around where we did last season, and get lucky in the draft lottery with a top 3 pick. 1 Son of a Wing reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted August 23, 2017 Best case is Blashidiot coaches them to a last place finish and they win the lottery. Worse case is they're close to the playoffs and Holland makes a move to get in because "you never know what will happen." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted August 25, 2017 On 8/23/2017 at 2:04 PM, DickieDunn said: Best case is Blashidiot coaches them to a last place finish and they win the lottery. Worse case is they're close to the playoffs and Holland makes a move to get in because "you never know what will happen." Remember when Babcocks voice was too stale and Blashill was a "good move"? Number9 remembers. Everytime someone around here praises the leafs rebuild, remind them that they and 90% of this fanbase thought it was just the beesssss kneessss ditching the best coach in hockey. We wont find another coach of that caliber for a while most likely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted August 25, 2017 30 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Remember when Babcocks voice was too stale and Blashill was a "good move"? Number9 remembers. Everytime someone around here praises the leafs rebuild, remind them that they and 90% of this fanbase thought it was just the beesssss kneessss ditching the best coach in hockey. We wont find another coach of that caliber for a while most likely I thought Babcock's time was done in Detroit, but I wasn't convinced Blash was the correct choice either. I thought Blash might be too much like Babs. I was right in part, he tries to be like Mike, only he's not nearly as smart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,961 Report post Posted August 27, 2017 We were all duped by the Blash hype. Not sure what happened. Number who? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted August 29, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 1:58 AM, LeftWinger said: We were all duped by the Blash hype. Not sure what happened. Number who? Exactly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
