LOVE the name "justTHEtip"
The remarkable losses of Kovy, Parise and Clarkson is what really plunged us into the dark ages... but there is no denying our farm system was garbage and the drafting had been awful for a long time. The bottom line is we can both agree we started off from a very bad place.
You can give them another two years and ultimately I will have to also. But to me this team looks pretty screwed up right now and doesn't seem to have any plan to get better.
- Queenie_5_hole
There is no denying this team looks screwed up, that is a FACT.
If it's so screwed up then why not try and trade some of our more valuable assets for a good return (keep them if the return isn't over the top). It will benefit the team more to get players with similar age to Nico/Jack.
Imagine the devils get another first rounder this year. Adding a potential top Dman (Drysdale) with our own pick, Yotes pick could be top 15 which could yield a potential top 6 winger (maybe even that goalie), and then a middle 6 forward with another first rounder. Piece those with some of the young talent the devils have and in a few years time we will be looking at this draft as the turning point.
Unfortunately, I don't have faith in the devils front office at the moment so this is all doubtful.