Who is Incarcerated Bob? Is he also a blogger? I want to see what he said on Boychuck.
Lou has the cone of silence perfected to a T. If IB does have a source inside the Isles front office, hope he keeps it this way. I wouldn't name names either. Be pretty silly to do so, given Lou's zero tolerance for leaks.
Exactly. But you'll never convince the geniuses who dominate this board of it. Anything they can conjure to anoint Lou as a savior they will when the real bottom line is that Lou hasn't accomplished anything yet that his predecessors didn't. Until he does the book will remain open.
Fans were throwing him overboard for anything the minute the Covid cap crunch became an issue for the team. I’m not undermining his contributions, that he resigned, that his contract most likely was going to be an issue near the end of the term, etc. Not all. Rather, fans were so easily dismissing him to find a way to get under the cap. That’s all. Now, all of sudden, he’s retiring and we’ll bypass all that nonsense to flip the page to ‘he was the best, a warrior, yada yada yada.’
As you may or may not know, I take the Conf finals run with a grain of salt given the circumstances, and no, I'm not going back to Torrey. Even with Jack Capuano at the helm, from 2012 to 2016 we made the playoffs 3 out of 4 years, had two 100 point seasons (might have been a third but one season was, of course, strike shortened), made the second round once. Not a whole lot different than Lou's record to date and the trajectory we were on on before Covid hit was not good. The book on Lou is still wide open, his signings (particularly Lee, Eberle) remain highly suspect, his draft picks still have to prove themselves (they haven't had the chance to yet, I know) and the prospect cupboard is pretty thin according to most. I question his entire "win now" strategy given the roster he had to start out with but I'm keeping an open mind. If his moves and picks work out (and if he gets more Boychuk-luck with Ladd) he may yet be a hero and I'll be the first to congratulate him, enjoy the success and, most importantly to some of the knuckleheads here, eat my crow if necessary (though I haven't bashed Lou at all - but not lauding him constantly and singing his praises is apparently the same thing as criticizing him here).
I'm completely informed thanks. Lou had three key assets he wanted to sign, Toews, Pulock, Barzal. He moved Toews and now we have two key assets to sign. Boychuk taking a skate to the eye put us right where we were pre-Toews move, actually in better position financially but with on one fewer top 4 defensemen . So are you trying to tell me that the plan was to move Toews all along? Don't think so. Lou backed himself into a corner he couldn't get out of and had to move him. Get yourself informed.
He's called a ton of shit.
