Bieksa was correct when he said last year that it has nothing to do with age but rather how good a player actually is. Now it was funny coming from Bieksa given his play but he is 100% correct.
Even if the age gap needed to be filled it doesn't let one off the hook for poor execution. Gillis was left with the same age gap by Nonis. Gillis went the FA route and unearthed Tanev, Lack and Kenins for example. There were other ways to do it other than spend a second on a guy dropping on another teams depth chart.
What little I heard Linden say yesterday annoyed me. He talked about how Corrado doesn't have any attributes that really set him apart and make him special at this point. Sure it's true but the same thing applies to Vey and it was this management group that picked him up and should have known this. Vey came exactly as advertised.
I've been #16 in ball and hockey since I was 15 (when Linden entered the league). I changed my number this year. It's #93. Petr flippling Nedved (though I'm not sure he actually wore 93 for vancouver it's who I thought of when I was handed the jersey..refusing to wear 16).
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE MADE ME DO TREVOR!
Even if the age gap needed to be filled it doesn't let one off the hook for poor execution. Gillis was left with the same age gap by Nonis. Gillis went the FA route and unearthed Tanev, Lack and Kenins for example. There were other ways to do it other than spend a second on a guy dropping on another teams depth chart.
What little I heard Linden say yesterday annoyed me. He talked about how Corrado doesn't have any attributes that really set him apart and make him special at this point. Sure it's true but the same thing applies to Vey and it was this management group that picked him up and should have known this. Vey came exactly as advertised.
I've been #16 in ball and hockey since I was 15 (when Linden entered the league). I changed my number this year. It's #93. Petr flippling Nedved (though I'm not sure he actually wore 93 for vancouver it's who I thought of when I was handed the jersey..refusing to wear 16).
DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE MADE ME DO TREVOR!
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