Tribute John Muckler passes away at the age of 86

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Very sad news. Hopefully he was able to be with family in his last days.

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[TheDebater]

Very sad news. Hopefully he was able to be with family in his last days.

Oooph, I literally just finished a post poking fun at the Lee over Kopitar pick in the WJC thread...now I feel bad.

Truthfully, he was probably the only G.M we ever had with the gonads to make anything happen, he helped build a team that got us to the ECF, and then the SCF. Also made a great hire to bring in Bryan Murray as coach.

God bless.

 

[HSF]

RIP

 

[Karl Prime]

Rest easy, John.

 

[h2]

He had the best sweater vests. This organization seemed uncomfortable about even talking about the Stanley Cup before he was hired as our GM. Dude had swag and imparted that onto our organization while he was here.

RIP.

 

[NyQuil]

One of the big names when we were a respectable organization alongside Murray, Mlakar and Johnston.

Also that hilarious GIF when he is visibly shaking with anger in the press box at some late goal against.

 

[TheDebater]

He had the best sweater vests. This organization seemed uncomfortable about even talking about the Stanley Cup before he was hired as our GM. Dude had swag and imparted that onto our organization while he was here.

RIP.

I will always remember when he first arrived, he made it clear that it was cup or bust (especially after all of those early playoff exits), he would always say "you will never win the cup, if you can't talk about winning the cup".

I think we made the ECF in his first year as G.M if I am not mistaken, and we were literally one game away from winning the cup that year (yes I know, still had to play the finals, but we would have destroyed Anaheim that year).

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Condolences to his family and loved ones.

 

[Tuna99]

Sad news. Best GM Ottawa ever had. The two best coaches Ottawa had, best teams - most importantly it was easily the best time to be a Sens fan under his stewardship. And he turned the reputation of the team.

Rest In Peace

 

[BloodRedArmy]

Tried to find the pic of Mike Fisher dressed as Mucks for Halloween one year... was amazing.

Sad news.

 

[Sens Mile]

Sad to hear but 86 is a good run. Only GM to get us to the SCF. Rip

 

[Sweatred]

Sad news. RIP JM.

 

[Micklebot]

The two best coaches Ottawa had,

Huh? He only ever hired one coach.

Anyways, RIP Mucks,

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Horrible news. He was a strong leader and GM of the franchise. Those pizza line years were a lot of fun to watch.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

RIP

 

[Back in Black]

RIP

Only GM to get the SENS to the Finals. Look at that beautiful Logo

 

[Tuna99]

Huh? He only ever hired one coach.

Anyways, RIP Mucks,

Martin and Murray. he was under a lot of pressure to fire Martin but he stuck with him, to his credit

 

[Tuna99]

I remember when he was fired he said ‘Melnyck gave me a million reasons but they were all wrong’ how prophetic that would turn out to be.

 

[robsenz]

He gets a lot of flack, but he wanted to win when he was here and tried very hard to make it happen. We haven't really had a convivincing winning culture since then even though it didn't work out.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Sad news. RIP

 

[foggyvisor]

For the first time, Muckler gave us that big league swagger.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

rip muck

 

[GCK]

RIP Muckler. A bit of revisionist history going on with his record here. He let Chara walk, traded Havlat for nothing never made a good TDL acquisition and of course the Arnason fiasco. The only good move was hiring Murray.

 

[Silencio]

RIP Muckler. A bit of revisionist history going on with his record here. He let Chara walk, traded Havlat for nothing never made a good TDL acquisition and of course the Arnason fiasco. The only good move was hiring Murray.

Signing Hasek was a good move as well. At the time the Hossa for Heatley trade was a winner too.

 

[Micklebot]

Signing Hasek was a good move as well. At the time the Hossa for Heatley trade was a winner too.

Hossa for Heatley was a mixed bag both at the time and in retrospect. It opened up financial flexibility while maintaining a similar caliber asset, but set the framework for Chara's departure. Both players were great after the trade, though Hossa's career had more longevity and Heatley came with more headaches.

Hasek was a great signing, too bad there was a lockout robbing us of a year.