Not even sure what you are challenging me for.
There was 3 examples from this team from what I originally quoted. And you know what? Just because he made a few not so great moves, I wasn't even insinuating he was a bad GM. Just saying, "Hey, wouldn't it have been good if we actually got something from those trades?"
Oh well.
I guess if i didnt fully folow your arguement i can owe you personally an apology
My response was strongly influenced by several years on this forum where the generalized arguement is 'we suck'
After seeing this argument so many times i always feel like asking... ok we arent perfect so tell me who is better?
I just dont like the 'we suck' argument
I apologize if that wasnt the point here
And for what its worth... yes i agree it would have been nice to get more from those trades
But heres a hot take for you to chew on...
Once upon a time we traded barry pederson for cam neely and a first we used for glen wesley. Soon after we let wesley go for 3 firsts we used 1 on sergei samsonov... he was moved for a pic we used to get lucic
Pretty good right? Would i blow anyone's mind here if i said i wish we got more? What if we got neely and 2 firsts? What if we drafted shanahan instead of wesley? What if neely stayed healthy? What if we drafted scott neidermayer?
I mean things can always be better... so yes, if they were better its fair to say we would like it
I have a great wife... i love her... but if she had 50 million in the bank to share with me id certainly say thankyou.
I don't need that 50 million though to find other reasons to love her.
Thats my argument at the end of the day... try to find reasons to be happy with what we got