from Teds Take by Ted
We have cap space. We have many prospects in the system. We can make deals if and when we feel we need to improve. George and staff have flexibility. What we didn’t want to do this off season was make a big headline-making move and get stuck with a long term expensive contract that hampered us from keeping our core group of young players together.At the same time, we are loyal to our young and developing players. When we draft a player high and they have great success at Hershey; win rings; do everything asked of them; and they really understand the system we play, we have to let them play if they earn the time in camp. And the preseason.
That is part of our covenant. That is part of who we are and why young players believe in us and want to play here and sign long term deals. We will play young players if they are a better player. We trust them.
Every team needs to improve in some aspect of its line up. We have flexibility built into our system. We have cap space. We have an abundance of young players throughout the system. We are well situated.
The season is just starting. Let us see who can play. Let us see the character of this new team. Let us be open minded and objective. I am happy we are playing younger players if they earn their ice time.
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