I don't get Whistles attitude to signing late in the off season, surely its better to sign attractive players before they go elsewhere, I doubt many clubs would tell people "Yeah no problem Mr Crosby we'll wait to see if the Devils offer you an attractive contract, we'll hang around for you".
WD
So we are going to have the poor pick of what is left, then the opening games we'll get to find out how good the team plays together, hopefully they can.
Genius.
Now Ragan is distancing himself from the club, it would be great if a manager was in place to run the business, another indication that there is little money or point in recruiting extra staff add this to the attitude that everything has a price and what we are left with is not such an attractive season, glad I'm not taking a punt with my cash, I could be wrong, I see little evidence to change my mind.
The cynic in me is starting to think Ragan has failed to achieve the success the IAW needed to launch the new rink and now since the club is in such a s88t state Ragan is trying to force the hand of Green Bank, maybe a large chunk of IAW income in the initial opening phase was reliant on a successful Devils team and a large fan attendance to help showcase the new facility, since last yr someone seemed almost obsessed with getting silver in the cupboard, that pressure I believe was the catalyst to some diabolical decision making. This has resulted in what we have today and unless Whitsle can find a great team, I don't believe Ragan thinks that is at all possible, due to the budget he has given, then Ragan is probably hoping that an offer for him to f88k off is the likely outcome mid 2015 season.
If this scenario is likely, if I was Green Bank, I'd be tempted to not offer Ragan free ice or any ice and start a new team, from scratch and leave the Devils name for the history books and Ragan up s88t creek with out a paddle or pot to p88 in. :lol: