Part 3: Don’t push the panic button
“Your statements are ridiculous. Do you think management is just waddling around without any plan whatsoever?”
“Yup.”
“Look here.”
Red shirt guy pulls out a tablet and shows his opponent in debate the roster of the Carolina Hurricanes. They just stare at the screen for a while, until the angrier of the two breaks.
“What’s your point?”
“We have two sustainable talented forwards in Teravainen and Skinner. But look at our defense. It’s over-powered. Slavin, Pesce, Hanifin, hopefully Faulk eventually; these are all top-two defensemen on your average team. Do you know what will happen inevitably, at some point?
“I don’t like this.”
“We are going to trade one or two of them. We are going to trade them to a team desperately in need of defensemen. In exchange, we are going to get the star forward or goaltender that we need. We are going to improve our all-around depth and become a contender.”
“How is that supposed to work?”