Why is always the same people on the side of management?
I'm pretty agnostic on the trade that Holland made with the Datsyuk deal.
Thought it was a good deal, but i thought Cholo was not a good pick and Hronek was.
I'm also not sold that Chychrun is a god of sort, either -- even if he has, by far, the best tool box of Hronek, Cholo and himself.
But whatever. It's so weird that the same people who defend the company line on every damn issue are once again doing it here.
Or maybe it's not.
Maybe this just who humans organize themselves - into two camps.
I'm not on a side, really. When I believe Holland makes a good move I will give him credit for it. When I believe Holland does something stupid, I will call him out on it. There are plenty of things that Holland has done that frustrate me. Just to name a few, the Nielsen singing, the Abby ext, the Helm ext, the way he treated Cujo.............I could keep going.
My issue with a lot of posters is that they will rip into Holland for every single move he does because they are biased. Perfect example is the Smith trade last year, certain posters were ripping him saying he should have gotten a 1st (I'm not implying you), had Stevie been our GM, nobody says a word. Unfortunately with any move Holland does, the conversation shifts from a unbiased discussion of the move at hand, and turns into "if you dont hate it, you must be a Holland apologist". Its almost as if liking a move he does is now has a stigma attached to it which is unfortunate.
When I feel people are being over the top, I will comment on it. If people were over the top pro Holland, I would call people out on that as well. Now a days though, this is not a common thing. Also, if you actually really pay attention to what I write, I'm usually not defending Holland, I'm just not getting sucked into the hyperbole of everything. Saying "move x is a good move" and "move x is not a move that crippled us" are not the same thing. The Jarnkrok moves a perfect example, I never once said it was a good move that I liked, what I said was that I understood why he did it, I said IF Illitch wanted it, I can't fault Illitch since he was close to death and in his mind getting into the playoffs now was a priority, and that in the end it didnt really make a difference. Not of these things are defending the move, I admit the move was a bad one. But anyways, lets please not go into this again, I really dont want to talk about him anymore.
Back to the topic, I personally liked the Chychrun trade because going into the draft I was very leary of him due to his past injuries. Since he joined the NHL, that issue has just seemed to get worse. From what I have read about Hronek and Cholo, it seems that are progressing very well, and as a result I am happy with the move. At the time I didnt like the Cholo pick either, but he has impressed me since. Now, one thing I didnt like about the trade is that it was the precursor to the Nielsen signing, but at the end of the day that was a separate move, I try to evaluate the trade for the trades itself and not the ripple effect.
