Rumor: Uptick In Lamoriello to NYI Talks
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Isles new GM is no bigger news than Minnesota or Carolina, and there was no issue with those teams.
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meh , highly doubtful that the nhl gives a crap about when lou's officially joining gets announced .
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Truth be told, he was never considered an elite GM during his WSH days. Certainly an upgrade over Snow. He may be better at building franchises from the bottom up. And yes, it does sting more know we had him in our organization. That said, again maybe he was put in a situation that he can thrive in—building from grassroots. He would have had to fix Snow’s mess if he was hired; not sure he would be the best for that undertaking.
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His track record was four times better than snows. Snow hasn't even put together a good regular season once. Never sniffed first or second place. The isles could of traded every asset for the Vegas teams players. But...snow has a process he must have dreams of this group as is with as little changes as possible einninw the cup. Glad vegas blew up the theory that turnover is bad and teams need time to develop chemistry. Good teams with good coaches need no time at all.
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I didn’t want McPhee as GM. I did want Gallant as the coach though. Happy for Vegas. I hope they win it all
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I don't get it. Weren't you the one who said that Las Vegas had a slew of stars to choose from and didn't build a team from scratch? Why are you suddenly acting like McPhee is a genius? Honestly, you see the hypocrisy right? Really not trying to razz you, but I'd appreciate some clarification.
I'm sure you will follow this up with something about Snow. Yes, we know Snow sucks. What does that have to do with McPhee though? I'm hoping you want better than that to replace Snow....or we might as well just celebrate rumors of Halak taking the GM role.
What needs clarification? We have had a crappy GM for over a decade. We had a far better GM option sitting across the hall. The Isles chose to keep the worthless asset.
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LeapOnOver
Mackenzie is a hack!
Yes, you called McPhee "quality talent" yet are not at all surprised that the team is doing well because they had superstars to choose from. We consistently don't give Snow credit for drafting Tavares because it was a "no-brainer" why would we suddenly call McPhee (the guy who traded Forsberg) "quality talent" when he had a slam dunk of superstars to choose from (according to your other post).
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Mackenzie is a hack!
Not the first time, Axe went to an Isles game earlier in the series as well. Has to stick to his Islander routes as he is a LI Hofstra boy. Makes sense for it to be the Isles and not the Rags.
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Everybody knows a world class organization makes announcements after the finals are over, unlike those peasants over in Minnesota.
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Maybe Axe can buy the Islanders and Wags can instill the right mentality in the front office.
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Why would “cup contenders” need a new front office mentality?
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Since you originally asked for clarification, let me clarify for you:
- I wouldn't want McPhee as my GM.
- I'd take him 100 times out of 100 over snow.
The Isles are one of those organizations that if they only have 2 choices...They'll take the lesser one.
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