Joel part of the future core in June 2024
Joel not part of the future core in January 2025
Great evaluation job.
- furio16
i don't have an issue with a GM lying to the public about the importance of a player. My issue was the length of time to start moving players off the roster from a roster that has not really been competitive since the Covid year. Players like Farabee and Frost have been here a pretty long time. They did not help lift the team out of mediocrity. Not all their fault. It is the exact same reason Risto and Laughton should also be moved. When the team has not been really competitive this long, really no need to keep very many players who have been a part of the roster for all the losing. They are trying to establish "culture" with players who have won absolutely nothing but a 1st rd win in the bubble against MTL. The only player on the roster who had even more success in the playoffs is Couts, who ironically Torts really does not value. I find it amazing with a PP so bad, they refuse to use Couts to take offensive zone draws and just park himself in front of the next during a PP.
i do wonder if convincing Kuzmenko to waive his no trade is also to try and sign Maxim Shabanov. At this point, no issue with trying to find better talent, no matter the size of the player.
