Confirmed with Link: Menell to Toronto for a conditional 2022 7th

[Dr Jan Itor]

As a GM sure ..but not overall.

Well, I wasn't applying for his RW spot in 1996.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

This move sucks, but remember when people were scared of losing Menell in the ED and some thought of ways to protect him? Just shows youwhat the FO thought of him.

Losing Menell to Seattle would've meant that Soucy was still around. A worthy trade. A conditional 7th, not so much.

 

[DANOZ28]

i guess this was a play menell or dump him move. guerin probably made a mistake. what's new.

 

[keppel146]

Still pains me that we didn’t even give him a chance.

 

[57special]

My question is, if Guerin didn't like his game(i have trouble believing he was up nights watching tape of him in the KHL), then why did he want him to be on the taxi squad last year? Seems personal on his part.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

My question is, if Guerin didn't like his game(i have trouble believing he was up nights watching tape of him in the KHL), then why did he want him to be on the taxi squad last year? Seems personal on his part.

Agreed. This is the kind of trade you make when you actively don't want somebody to be part of the organization anymore, and there's nothing that Menell did or has done that would/should have put him in that spot.

 

[Uberdachen]

My question is, if Guerin didn't like his game(i have trouble believing he was up nights watching tape of him in the KHL), then why did he want him to be on the taxi squad last year? Seems personal on his part.

Maybe it was something he did while on the taxi squad, like not play for Pittsburgh several years earlier.

 

[Mickey the mouse]

My question is, if Guerin didn't like his game(i have trouble believing he was up nights watching tape of him in the KHL), then why did he want him to be on the taxi squad last year? Seems personal on his part.

Personal because Menell bailed last seaso and BG has an awful big EGO

Not personal because Menell and Addison are the same player and BG can't look bad after he traded for Addison IF Menell beat out Addison for a spot

 

[Minnesnota]

Quite a few of you owe an apology to GMBG.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Quite a few of you owe an apology to GMBG.

For good measure

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

There’s the 3rd one.

 

[AKL]

Maybe someone can explain to me why we're apologizing to Guerin for Guerin not giving Menell that contract?

 

[Minnesnota]

Maybe someone can explain to me why we're apologizing to Guerin for Guerin not giving Menell that contract?

Your mental gymnastics are good enough to make the US Olympic Team.

All reports were that the Wild offered exactly that and Menell's camp wanted a 1 way.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Your mental gymnastics are good enough to make the US Olympic Team.

All reports were that the Wild offered exactly that and Menell's camp wanted a 1 way.

AND BG was incompetent for not giving him a 1-way

 

[2Pair]

Your mental gymnastics are good enough to make the US Olympic Team.

All reports were that the Wild offered exactly that and Menell's camp wanted a 1 way.

reports from who?

 

[AKL]

Your mental gymnastics are good enough to make the US Olympic Team.

All reports were that the Wild offered exactly that and Menell's camp wanted a 1 way.

Sorry, I'm not seeing why I have to apologize to him for failing to sign a player he had exclusive rights to.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Sorry, I'm not seeing why I have to apologize to him for failing to sign a player he had exclusive rights to.

Not everyone is able to admit their wrongs. It’s ok.

 

[BagHead]

Well, he either wanted out and was pushing the one way thing because of it, or he realized after negotiating with both Minnesota and Toronto that it just wasn't going to be happening at all and he accepted that.

 

[AKL]

Not everyone is able to admit their wrongs. It’s ok.

What was my "wrong"? Wanting Guerin to give Menell a one-way contract?

 

[Minnesnota]

What was my "wrong"? Wanting Guerin to give Menell a one-way contract?

I don't know what's worse, not being able to see the fault in your ways or thinking a guy who the league at large valued as a conditional 7th is deserving of a 1-way contract.

Turns out he's not worth a one-way contract honey!

 

[Minnesnota]

Well, he either wanted out and was pushing the one way thing because of it, or he realized after negotiating with both Minnesota and Toronto that it just wasn't going to be happening at all and he accepted that.

Definitely the latter. He overplayed his hand. f***ed around and found out!

I bet it was a humbling experience for him.

 

[AKL]

I don't know what's worse, not being able to see the fault in your ways or thinking a guy who the league at large valued as a conditional 7th is deserving of a 1-way contract.

Turns out he's not worth a one-way contract honey!

If wanting to give Menell a one-way contract for one year to see what he could be here is my biggest wrong-doing, I'm doing pretty alright at this whole life thing, I guess.

Thanks for the reassurance, guys.

 

[Minnesnota]

If wanting to give Menell a one-way contract for one year to see what he could be here is my biggest wrong-doing, I'm doing pretty alright at this whole life thing, I guess.

Thanks for the reassurance, guys.

You could "see what he could do here" on a 2-way. You're literally advocating to give a player something he's not worth. The difference between our two arguments is I have facts on my side.

 

[AKL]

You could "see what he could do here" on a 2-way. You're literally advocating to give a player something he's not worth. The difference between our two arguments is I have facts on my side.

The other difference is I don't care as much as you apparently do about who's "technically right" or "technically wrong", I cared more about not losing a potentially good player for nothing over something pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things.

But you're on some sort of weird power trip right now so I'll leave you to it...honey.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't know what's worse, not being able to see the fault in your ways or thinking a guy who the league at large valued as a conditional 7th is deserving of a 1-way contract.

Turns out he's not worth a one-way contract honey!

Your avatar wasn’t “worth” being a top 4 round selection according to the league at one point too.