Hejduk did too.

Yes they have very little money to upgrade, but you get what you pay for. This team needs a guy like Lappy and the difference between 900K (rumored offer) and 1.5mil (rumored asking price) is a very small amount for what you are getting in the deal. The number of teams that were rumored to have been interested in Lappy’s services at the trade deadline should give this organization a clue. The fact that is doesn’t scares me even more.

I think the Avs management should always low-ball at first. They need to get the best deal possible and there is still time left. You’ll never know the bottom line for Lappy unless you offer.

I really do like Lappy and I hope he is resigned but I don’t think he’s the heart and soul of this team. If he is, we need a new heart and soul because we are not winning with this one.

I am trying not to panic just yet!

Keep in mind that Jones, McLeod, McCormick, Cumiskey, and Vernace are all RFA’s that to be re-signed. But, that’s basically it.

You’re also going to have guys like Galiardi, Stoa, and whoever the team drafts with the 3rd overall pick (Duchene?) challenging for roster spots.

It’s going to be a young squad. up front.

But I don’t think it’s a disaster. We will have a lot of players competing for a spot so this is my guess, with a lot of assumptions. It’s not really a depth chart but just what I think we’ll see next year.

Smyth – Stastny – Hejduk
Wolski – Stoa/Duchene – Svatos/Stewart
McLeod – Hensick/Galiardi – Svatos/Stewart
Tucker/McCormick – Hensick/Galiardi – Jones

Again, alot of assumption about who could make the team but I think we’ll see a few rookies out there.

Unfortunately buying out Tucker would be admitting to having made a mistake. When has this organization ever admitted that? Even in “changing” (reshuffling) the front office down to the bench this off-season they have only said a change needed to be made. Until this management starts owning up to it’s mistakes and start learning from them we will not see our team succeed.

The organization continues to spiral down hill. We saw it with the way they handled Bruno last season, the whole “clusterfuck” this preseason, and know the apparent low balling of Lappy. And unfortunately, even though I signed the petition to keep Lappy, I don’t think it will happen. Since when has this organization listened to and/or done anything for the fans?

Finally, the Turdbeast demands accountability!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you must be one of the guys who voted for letting Lappy go, yes?

It would be nice to have him back but he’s not the player that will make or break us. It’s typically easy to find this type of player through free-agency or in our own system. I think it’s just that he’s popular among the fans, but that’s not hard to replace either.

But come on, Tucker? TUCKER???

I believe they live in Detroit. Let’s carpet bomb the joint just to make sure we get ’em.

I voted for “Let Lappy go”, even though I would rather see Tucker bought out. If you really analyze the question and the poll, I took it as “which one of these do you want the brass to fuck up?”. I would rather see them fuck up getting rid of Lappy and succeed on buying out Tucker ;)

But seriously, I don’t think it is as big of a loss as it is being made out to be.

since any owner voting in that manner already does abominable things to Fluffy and Fido.

Poor little critters…