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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1779427" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>So long as he's healthy it's not none, but it's less than Kane and you'd have to retain salary.</p><p></p><p>Both Kane and Toews probably have more robust markets at the deadline, I doubt anything happens before the season.</p><p></p><p>Oh there is zero doubt Davidson has been doing his best to induce trade requests from Kane and Toews from the moment he took the job. Whether ownership has demanded he handle it that way rather than forthrightly, or whether that's his own initiative I don't know. Who knows how Kane and Toews would have handled straightforward asks to waive their clauses.</p><p></p><p>Good options were not available to Davidson. Stan Bowman left a total mess (that got way, WAY worse in his final offseason. He should have been fired rather than being allowed to make the Seth Jones trade. Take the keys right at that moment and this is a brighter situation. Alas)</p><p></p><p>Keeping the faith with Kane and Toews and trying to patch up a playoff team the best you can with little cap wiggle room is a tough, low probability path to success.</p><p></p><p>My point above all is that tanking from the situation Davidson inherited is ALSO a tough, low probability path to success. That is the clear lesson of the evidence, as opposed to the Smart Internet Guy ideology. And just like the first path, it hinges on making the right moves with critical resources. Which did not happen with DeBrincat or Dylan Strome, the simpler assets to work with. Kane and Toews are more difficult situations, and walking for nothing would be another, even larger failure.</p><p></p><p>Davidson's alibis are that tanking is a reasonable assurance of a brighter day 5 years from now and that no other choice offered any possibility of hope. Neither one is true.</p><p></p><p>And on some level I shouldn't be so harsh on Davidson, who was obviously crystal clear about his plans when seeking the job. He never lied to anyone about what he was going to do. It was Blackhawks management that bought into the bill of goods and made the choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1779427, member: 746137"] So long as he's healthy it's not none, but it's less than Kane and you'd have to retain salary. Both Kane and Toews probably have more robust markets at the deadline, I doubt anything happens before the season. Oh there is zero doubt Davidson has been doing his best to induce trade requests from Kane and Toews from the moment he took the job. Whether ownership has demanded he handle it that way rather than forthrightly, or whether that's his own initiative I don't know. Who knows how Kane and Toews would have handled straightforward asks to waive their clauses. Good options were not available to Davidson. Stan Bowman left a total mess (that got way, WAY worse in his final offseason. He should have been fired rather than being allowed to make the Seth Jones trade. Take the keys right at that moment and this is a brighter situation. Alas) Keeping the faith with Kane and Toews and trying to patch up a playoff team the best you can with little cap wiggle room is a tough, low probability path to success. My point above all is that tanking from the situation Davidson inherited is ALSO a tough, low probability path to success. That is the clear lesson of the evidence, as opposed to the Smart Internet Guy ideology. And just like the first path, it hinges on making the right moves with critical resources. Which did not happen with DeBrincat or Dylan Strome, the simpler assets to work with. Kane and Toews are more difficult situations, and walking for nothing would be another, even larger failure. Davidson's alibis are that tanking is a reasonable assurance of a brighter day 5 years from now and that no other choice offered any possibility of hope. Neither one is true. And on some level I shouldn't be so harsh on Davidson, who was obviously crystal clear about his plans when seeking the job. He never lied to anyone about what he was going to do. It was Blackhawks management that bought into the bill of goods and made the choice. [/QUOTE]
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