If new blood is a possibility then the club should have the contacts to bring in the right player. I don't believe delving into the club's past is the answer. Time passes and players aren't likely to be the same as they're remembered. Otherwise we might as well see what Doug mcwen and Ivan matulik are doing. ;-)
Totally agree with not going back.
We all have the memories of players past on how they played then, that doesn't mean they are that same player now.
Even if we did go back what are we meant to do play them until they're in their 40's?
We were always going to have to change the team at some point sooner or later.
Our problem is we have one out and out goal scorer, Reid with 9, that's it then its Waller and Sanford with 2.
Other teams in the league have got 4 maybe 5 players chipping in with goals:
League
Steelers top five scorers have goals 6,4,4,4,3
Guildford top five scorers have goals 5,4,4,3,3
Panthers top five scorers have goals 4,4,3,2,2
Devils top five scorers have goals 9,2,2,1,1
And if we're looking at going back, stats at the moment:
Martin (G.O.A.T) has 4 in 15 and 12pts in 15, Reid 9 in 7 and 10pts in 7
Fournier has 2 in 17 and 5pts in 17, Mikkelson 1 in 7 and 2pts in 7
yes the leagues are different and can't compare but the stats are there, are they not the players they used to be?
That's not to say they still couldn't do a good job for us but time has moved on so it may not be the job we remember.
Another thing I've noticed from Block 4 is we seem to want to walk it in to the net, stupid amount of passes to get it to a player who's just outside the crease instead of snapshot and looking for the lose puck off the netminder or player, wasted so many power plays just running down time with basic passes not killer passes.
All teams will never have greatness forever, rebuilds will always be needed at some point.