When renting a player is better then doing nothing at all

If Scott Howson is reading this, please hear my pleas… SPEND! Forget naysayers who will tell you that this or that player doesn’t deserve x million a year. Anyone with 2-detatched retina’s and a blindfold can see that the current squad does not match line for line or player for player with many of the teams in the West (let alone the entire league). If you have to overpay to get a couple of legitimate scorers (pick from the crop of names mentioned daily) you WILL be doing the right thing… You have what, a bazillion dollars left of cap room? Get in the game. It just seems that there is gross complacency here, and a lot of finger crossing. Perhaps everyone in the front office is expecting a "perfect storm" scenario whereby the Jackets will just miraclously have a magical year like Minnesota in 1991, or Florida in 1997. Congratulations Scott, this is the deepest into the season the Jackets have been above .500. But that’s not good enough. Let’s talk ... [link]