1) Ric Dudley is gone. I think he may have misled MB with an outdated philosophy. Nothing to go on just a gut feeling.
2) Rid the AHL of it's putrid coaching staff.
3) Hired Bouchard one of the up and coming Francophone hockey minds.
4) Fired JJD, Lacroix
5) Hired Ducharme. Read the post on Bouchard.
6) Hired Richardson who looks like a great defensive coach.
7) Traded Galchenyuk for Domi. Looks like a great move.
8) Traded that slug, Pacioretty, for Tatar, Suzki and a second.
9) Picked up Armia is a sauvee move.
10) Picked up Peca, Ouelet and a number of d-men playing in the A.
11) Made moves where we picked up 10 draft picks.
We went from having no legit top 2 center prospects 6 months ago. Today we have 3 and it might be 5 or 6 if all goes well. The defense is looking above average and we have d prospects. The team is playing like the Flying Frenchmen of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Give the man (or whoever is impersonating him) his due. Since May, MB has done a fantastic job.
1 - Did he fire Dudley? Or did Dudley just left by himself? If so..how's that a great move?
2 - Seriously? Something we, the amateur armchair idiots said to do 3 years ago....he gets the credit for finally waking up? No way.
3 - Again....no way. That way the only thing to do. Another move I talked about for so long. Not sure why doing the obvious should be applauded...our standards are so low right now....Besides, as much as I love Bouchard....results are still pending. Not like he's 8-0 so far.....
4- And again.....I have no idea how doing something amateur armchair have been shouting to do for so long should be called as doing someting FANTASTIC. If he is just as good as amateur armchair idiots.....how great is he really?
5 - Read the post about Bouchard indeed. The credit I will give him was to give both guys was look like the right chairs. He could have hired Bouchard in the pros and Ducharme in the AHL yet again, it wouldn't be bad, and we don't know what it would be doing.
6 - If he looks what it seems to be, YES, that's a great move. That was unexpected as far as we are concerned
7 - Galchy for Domi? Yep. Great move
8 - Patch for Tatar, Suzuki and 2nd. Yep, great move
9 - Armia? At the time great move for the unknown factor of what Armia could bring. Some thought he had untapped offensive potential. Wil probably most likely finally end up being a 3rd liner but with picks for nothing? Yep, very good move.
10 - Peca, Ouellet...look fine, remains to be seen in the long run. Peca is dissapointing for me, Ouellet is a surprise. So clealry better pick ups than the ones Bergevin used to do but when all is said and done, both guys might be sitting in the stands.
11 - ADding picks? Yeah. Good job. BUt in all seriousness, there is one important pick and it's in the Patch trade.
So yes, in the end, MUCH better summer. Because usually, it's absolutely PUTRID. But yes, very good summer. Fantastic? Well too soon to tell...not sure how we can make that assessment for a whole season. It surely looks very good. And there are great moves in there. It's surely a fun team to watch. I love the system. I love watching games again.
But I just will never buy that it was the plan to begin with. It makes no sense. Kotkaniemi wasn't build on a plan. He was build on putrid managing and players playing badly. And Price. In the end, our 2 best 1st rounders lately was due to Price. Price not being there. And Price being awful. In no way shape or form is it due to Bergie's plan. What this year is, is him finally succeeding in him trying something. It's him being good in his reaction. Not in his proaction. And in the end, we will see how well we are build for the future. A Byron who tells me that they are tired in October scares me. We will see how it will develop. But yes, he did very good this summer. Remains to be seen how long it lasts.
