Me too, I had faith in Fitzgerald still do, but man has been a tough year with him and waiting too long. He redeemed himself with the Miller and Kähkönen trades, but he has to nail all his moves this offseason, no mediocrity
I don't know what people realistically expected to get back in return. Nobody with a valuable 1st round pick was going to give that up for a journeyman like Toffoli. Yes, he was producing, but most 1st rounders that were likely to be available in a trade have already been moved. I'm sure Fitz was trying to get moves done but this ended up being the best he was offered. Teams know that there's blood in the water here and they weren't about to get fleeced by Fitz. He wasn't going to get a top tier goalie for Toffoli, he wasn't going to get anything other than some picks to use in a trade in the post-season. Yes, I wish we got more in return, but this is about what I expected given the circumstances. It's a bummer, but it is what it is and we can only hope to see a good deal or two made when the season wraps up.
They can, but the way Fitzgerald was talking in his presser afterwards he basically said they were not thinking the same on length and term. I doubt it if that's the case.
No one is happy with this return, but none of the other trades resulted in 1st round pick. If this is used to acquire a goalie all is good. No one had an issue with losing Sharangovich over the summer when Tiffoli was traded. Everyone was claiming Fitzgerald masterclass. Did we forget that Sharangovich only scored 13 goals the year prior and was a mess at times in Lindy's rush system? He never showed this level of improvement even when he was paired with Jack last year. I didn't want to see him go but happy he's doing well in Calgary but he was in a similiar situation Holtz is in now last year.
I've bent over backwards to defend Fitzgerald for having a great summer.. however those days are over.. this really feels horrible right now..I know you are a big Tyler guy so I know you feel the same way...
@@sst6601I’ve been hard on Fitz but I’ve tried to be reasonable about it. There’s more to GMing than trades. Pretty decent deals were given out especially to Bratt
@@Nicovertime if that's what you can thank Fitzgerald for than you definitely been drunk last summer. Bratt's contract is a fair one. 7+M for 70 points he provides is about right. Meier is horrible contract. That's all you got from Fitzgerald. Less than a year the team is in ruins and there is no light at the end of the tunnel
Absolutely horrible Deal ,I'm done defending Fitz ,tried to keep faith ,but nope ,he blew it ,just like he blew it on the goaltender deal ,Jake Allen another under .900 goaltender ,seriously ?
Me too at this point, Sharangovich is looking to surpass the 30 goal mark and wished he would've done it as a Devil, I get the trade at the time why it happened but miss Yegor
Me neither, I highly doubt with all those teams interested that None of them had a better package with them retaining half of his contract. Even if wasn't a 1st at least a decent prospect
Rather have this yrs 2nd rounder that Jets have from Montreal, than next years, would much rather get a 1st but this is horrible, i liked TT and wish we signed, heard his agent was looking 5-6 yr we were pushing 3-4 yrs, which i would prefer also.. love u rocking Maiden, is that Live after Death, i see the Lightning Bolt?? Probably THE greatest live album out there… 🤘🏻 btw this trade sucked..
