Mike Cammalleri question
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CristianoRonaldo
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Blame Gauthier or the return all you want but Cammy was playing like hot garbage and was tied here for 2 more years at 7m salary and 6m caphit. Limited options with a guy like him and he brought nothing when he wasn't sniping 'em in.
dutchy29
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played like a beast that one great playoff run, but other than that, never really liked him, too cocky, too small.
CupInSIX
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Regardless of how he was playing, he got the flighty emo teen breakup treatment because he spoke honestly. Gauthier cut his nose off to spite his face by accepting a deal that Calgary wanted...instead of letting Cammy make himself more valuable and forcing Cunneyworth to put him in the top 6.
The proof of the fact that it was a hasty, emotional move was he was traded mid-game and treated like **** on his way out.
I remember nights where Plekanec would finish -4 because of how ****** Cammy was playing. Wouldn't back check after terrible turnovers if his life depended on it.
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I asked an Italian pal of mine and the word "Cammallerri" means "Too small" in Italian so thats why he was destined to go... 
So glad those days are behind us..........Still will never forget when Cammy got that hat trick at home against the Bruins..........He was like "WOW" when the crowd cheered him the loudest he ever heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrpcAsv1OCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrpcAsv1OCs
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Well considering that the coach was Cunneyworth, the whole team was playing like garbage.
I would never consider Squid a good leader, but the guy was undeniably talented. He has 11 pts in 12 games played right now. I'd say that's pretty good.
I had gotten the feeling that he really lost faith in things when he didn't get the captaincy. Not saying that that was good in character, but I think this was the moment that things started going down for him.
He's the kind of player you want to have as a complimentary piece but not a main piece. I think he thought he was more important to the team than he might have actually been. So ya, a bit of an attitude problem (that goes all the way back to his days with LA).
But today? I'd take him over PA and I like PA.
I would never consider Squid a good leader, but the guy was undeniably talented. He has 11 pts in 12 games played right now. I'd say that's pretty good.
I had gotten the feeling that he really lost faith in things when he didn't get the captaincy. Not saying that that was good in character, but I think this was the moment that things started going down for him.
He's the kind of player you want to have as a complimentary piece but not a main piece. I think he thought he was more important to the team than he might have actually been. So ya, a bit of an attitude problem (that goes all the way back to his days with LA).
But today? I'd take him over PA and I like PA.
groovejuice
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Yeah, I tend to lean to this interpretation. Classless move by a franchise famous for its class.
On the other hand, Cammy was inconsistent and should have been traded. The return should have been better.
Too streaky. Too small. Soft. And was starting to complain. Not the leader we needed here. People will talk about Bork's contract and now being in the AHL all they want, but the time we got from Bork including the great playoff run was equivalent to the half effort Camm would have given us here. If Camm was still here on his high wages, he would have been a terrible influence on the young players. At least Bork isn't paid that much and was played on the 3rd line.
It's no wonder we've a better team without him.
It's no wonder we've a better team without him.
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Would you rather have Cammalleri on wing, Pleks, Galchenyuk and Eller at center instead of DD and Bourque?
Bourne Endeavor
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The whole team was garbage that season. So I'm not buying the notion he alone was tuned out. I think he would have played out his contract with us, then we'd go from there based on productivity.
hockeyfan2k11
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A lot of people here thought the trade was awesome. How many times did I hear Bourque alone was a great return. So many people were hurt by Cammy's comments but he was right. They played like crap. Any other team he would have been applauded. But not in Montreal.
I still think he was better than many people thought.
It WAS a good deal at the time.
Bourque IIRC was injured but had a good start to the season and had just come off two 27 goal seasons in a row.
Cammalleri was small, soft and wasn't scoring.
Cammalleri's comments were 100% right, but his on-ice game had regressed. He was unbelievably soft on the puck and along the boards, exactly the non-character player Bergevin would NOT want. Talent isn't debatable -- he's got real skill, but it wasn't working anymore. This was clearly an unhappy player whose game reflected his sulky mood.
But agree or not, once the decision was made to trade him, at least do it properly. Sell high. Instead, Gauthier negotiated from weakness, a couple of days after Cammy's public comments, and then finalized the trade in the middle of a frikkin game, pulling Cammalleri after the second period while Habs were down a goal!! Absolutely ridiculous.
And then do your homework on the asset coming back. Where was the pro-scouting to tell Gauthier that Bourque's 25 goals were streakier than Halley's Comet? Everyone could see Bourque's stats, but we needed real intel to inform Gauthier that the nice goal numbers came with faulty wiring. The scouting didn't look any deeper than Bourque's stat-page on NHL.com.
Terrible asset management going out and coming in.
