Stephen Gionta
Boston College > Boston University
Its been almost a week. and man the more i think about it, the more sad i get. I miss Lou already. and the season hasn't even started yet.
I hope we are thanking LL for Shero sooner than 5/10 years. LL reign here is an anomaly. Most GM's shelf life is way shorter than the span you cite.
This is why IMO Shero will never be able to please everyone.
It's always hard to be the guy that replaces a hall-of-famer and legend. So far I have no complaints about what Shero has done - with the exception, perhaps, of cutting Conte. I think that was unnecessary.This is why IMO Shero will never be able to please everyone.
It's always hard to be the guy that replaces a hall-of-famer and legend. So far I have no complaints about what Shero has done - with the exception, perhaps, of cutting Conte. I think that was unnecessary.
It's always hard to be the guy that replaces a hall-of-famer and legend. So far I have no complaints about what Shero has done - with the exception, perhaps, of cutting Conte. I think that was unnecessary.
Shero's highlights so far:
Hired Hynes - From an early look, he seems like the perfect coach for where this team is at right now. I like it
Palmieri trade - Lets see how it works out. I am happy with it for now.
Moore signing - How could you not like it? Great deal, gives more competition on defense, and allows us to move a defenseman for young forward help.
Larsson deal - Love it
Gelinas deal - Love it. Fair.
Letting Gomez, harrold, fraser, bernier walk - was upset at first regarding bernier and gomer, especially since Gomez was arguably our best forward last season. But as time has passed, i realize it is the right move. Getting younger at F is the most important thing to do right now.
I'm already excited for next offseason, when Zubrus 3.1 and Ruutu 3.8 come off the cap. And Elias 5.5 off the cap too, but hopefully he'll be resigned for like 2.5 mil.
The Moore signing is a little puzzling. We already have a LD that needs to be baby sat in Gelinas. Moore is definitely a reclamation project too, not that his signing does any harm but it just wasn't needed.
Are we sure that it was Lou who hired Shero?
I remember Harris saying that he and Blitzer had lists with candidates and on each list was Shero a top candidate. So H & B did their own separate research and came up with the same candidate.
My theory is that Lou was probably just a messenger who called Shero to tell him good news...
It could one Hynes vouched for. It's for the bottom pairing and I guess you could argue it wasn't needed. Fans here wanted a veteran for the top six prior to the signing.
Shero CLEARLY isn't done with this roster yet. Who knows what opening night will look like. He also gave Mozik a deal and there probably be competition for spots.
I just finally read THN article about Lou tonight. Probably one of the best hockey articles I have ever read.
The Lombardi, Burke and Dano pieces are great. I would love to see the 1 on 1 meetings Lou and Dano had
It sure will be weird seeing Devils players wearing jersey numbers like #56, #45, #71 etc during regular seasons in the future. Also interesting to see if a Devil will wear #13 under Shero...
I just finally read THN article about Lou tonight. Probably one of the best hockey articles I have ever read.
The Lombardi, Burke and Dano pieces are great. I would love to see the 1 on 1 meetings Lou and Dano had
DANEYKO: We could write a book about the wars he and I went through off the ice. We had meetings in his office where I think we both wanted to swing at each other. He had a little secretary named Mary who worked outside his office at the Meadowlands. When I was going to announce my retirement, she congratulated me on my career and said, “I remember hearing you and Lou screaming at each other and chairs being thrown in Lou’s office, and I was going to call 9-1-1. I just didn’t know if I was going to call for you or Lou!†Lou and I laugh about it to this day.