Wow. I'm looking at prohockeyrumors.com and they must be way behind on reporting all of that.
I think Blake somehow made this team even worse. Arvy to the Oilers: if you can't beat them, join them.apparently so! 1/2 the team seems gone
I agree with most of what you said in a philosophical sense, but go watch Paul Maurice’s on ice interview just after he hoisted the cup. Maybe it’s just a soundbite, but that dude is about as straight of a shooter as they come in terms of coaches. You can tell he truly believed what he was saying, and what he said was, it’s not the coaches, it’s not the GM, it’s the players on the ice. I think our leadership is probably out of touch, or just mostly checked out. It happens to the best of us, when you’ve been doing something for so long, and already hit the highest of highs, reached the pinnacle. I know what Maurice said of his panthers players could absolutely be said of the 2012 era Kings, and I just don’t think you could say the same thing about this current group. Or any of our rosters for the last decade, save for maybe the emerging squad that faced the Oilers back in the first set of our 3 consecutive playoff series losses.
Completely agree with you. I do not think our vets are great leaders. At least on ice. But in the end, the GM puts the team on ice and that is where it starts. I wish we had players with that kind of passion that Paul Maurice had. Let alone anyone in the organization.
How I want Blake to act after the next bad move that he makes.
The longer Blake remains as GM, the more I wonder if he's ever had an actual plan. He just seems to make random moves for no particular reason. If this was his plan, his plan sucks.
The Foegele deal seems like a good one - sure it's unlikely he will match his 2023-4 performance and we bought high, but he seems like a quality addition.
