The issue here Granada is Stan’s philosophy, one minute it’s a rebuild, the next its not, then it is. Last year Pius Suter was part of the rebuild this year he is out(let’s not talk about the pay increase). Shipping players in and out, shows he is uncertain on what he really wants. I was one who really wanted Seth to be apart of this team, I am happy with Johnson and Mcabe as well, however is this a knee jerk reaction to try a pull a fast one on Rocky once again? I firmly believe all these moves are to protect his ass, unlike you I have zero faith in him building a contender out of this team, but guys like Jones will keep the fans interested and attendance will stay status quo. We all know you can’t build a contender in this current age with over inflated salaries and right now the Hawks are loaded with high salary again and a team with lack of depth, yes the core needed to be cemented once again, no argument there, but beyond that the third and forth lines are very shallow at best.
Let’s look at a huge glaring issue, Faceoffs, Kampf gone, wasn’t a huge fan of him but, he won critical faceoffs, played PK and was a solid 4th liner, instead the team is holding on to Nylander, guys like Kampf fill out the lineup and are Important pieces in balancing a teams lineup.
Danualt is one player, as much as people may not find him to be all that spectacular fills a lot of holes at 5.5, great on the PK, face off guy, plays against the oppositions best players can be slotted up and down the lineup, that’s a player that championship teams need. Toews was always at his best when Bolland and Kruger played, it took the pressure of him, can Johnson fill that role?
I like the additions, the Hawks are a better team now than last year, but did he jump the gun, there were better options, and I for one still can’t comprehend how he bailed Vegas and Tampa out and received nothing in return, signs of a bad GM,
It’s no secret I dislike Bowman and what he has done, and as much as it looks like he is trying to make this team better, he still can’t get past his own ego and his vision that because he is a Bowman he is untouchable.
