RayP
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- Jan 12, 2011
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-He overplayed on DeHaan asking for a 2nd (LA and whoever else was kicking the tires at LD). Pointless message to say "standing firm" in a full tear down.
-Sat on alot of cap$$
-Played a stupid game of chicken with MAF. That delay clogged other possible deals, needless delays.
-Mrazek and 3.8 x 2 to move up 13 slots for a project wasn't good.
-Ended up clogging more contract slots (2 years Katchouk instead of cleaning spots out)
-I don't agree with a rookie lead of the scouting department going nuts with 3 firsts and multiple 2nds in their first go with nothing set until right before the draft. What's the freaking rush on picks after trading Cat?
-Rockford could benefit from help or types of players
-Toronto trade leak
-Letting King stay on the bench
I really wanted to see a more measured approach to the tear down with all the rookies. Felt needlessly and thoughtlessly rushed. No need to cram all the moves for picks (late edit on this sentence). The total sum of the return was not strong.
I don’t think CdH had any real value and was ever being traded. I don’t personally care if we missed out on a 5th round pick if that’s all he was going to return.
Goalies don’t return much so don’t see how you could have expected more than what we got for MAF. No issues with how that was handled and think we got good value for him.
Mrazek deal is basically just money which isn’t mine, so don’t really care there either. He’s a good tank commander who is often injured and I’d be surprised if he played 50 games for us over those two years. The fact any deal involving him took so long to develop tells me Toronto was being stubborn in what they’d package with him.
Who cares about the Toronto trade leak? If anything I’m glad he did it. Screw Toronto and Dubas.
The rush is he’s an new GM who needs to get players with high ceilings on this roster. He can’t sit and wait around if some of these guys are going to take 4-5 years to develop. If the team hasn’t improved by then he might be out before he guys were ever given a shot.
Agree on King. No idea why he’s here I can’t capacity.