People also tend to construct hierarchies based on pay grade so maybe if he wants a committee making decisions he wants to pay them similar salaries.
I've seen the "committee" comment a few times and that's not how I understood the proposed process. I think it simply is, "you've got good people in place providing you with great information" and you damn well better use that information effectively. In essence the green light and red light decisions should be no-brainers. You earn your GM pay on the yellow light stuff. Dundon also said he values experience, knowledge, and hockey know how. To me, what that boils down to is, a reduced amount of "gut" decisions. And when those gut decisions go against the evidence, you better have a good argument as to why.
It sounded far more like, we're going to give you all the data and knowledge resources we can. We're going to build a logical decision-making structure so that many, if not most, of the decisions are straight forward. The tougher ones are going to be on you and that's where you should spend your time...oh, and you'll have to explain yourself for all those decisions, both good and bad.
It's not just me, right? That answer was nonsense.
I didn't read it like that. I read it more about desire and heart. But I also got the sense that it was a subtle dig at the coaches, especially that last line.
The guy has a go-kart track. In his house. Cheap isn't in his DNA.
The guy built a golf club so that he could host a PGA major championship.
Having said that, I think we'll be surprised at the budgetary decisions. If we, by some miracle, sign a John Tavares, the budget will get cut in other places. My guess is we'll see Lindholm and Hanifin signed to new deals (Lindy likely gets Rask money and Hanifin a bridge in the neighborhood of $3 million a year for two or 3 years). I expect both Teravainen and Aho to get locked up long term. Ultimately that's somewhere between $14 million and $16 million in cap space that gets eaten up. That's why I think we'll see lower impact UFAs signed (Think JVR or Kane type of guys) and/or a trade that sends out Rasks or some other comparable salary for a higher salary in return.
My thought is expect a bump of about $10 million in additional salary next season. I find it highly unlikely that we re-up both Skinner and Faulk. My guess is one gets done but not both.
And then those multiple Stanley Cups are offset by years and years of rebuilding because he left the cupboard bare in selling off picks and prospects for whatever trade deadline talent of marginal utility (really? A 1st rounder for Ryan Reaves?) he think swill push the team over the top.
I'm guessing there are a number of teams who would trade a decade of futility for a Stanley Cup. It is still the greatest sports moment of my fandom.
