We keep hearing about the genius that is Martin Madden Jr, yet the Ducks continue to struggle year after year despite top-10 picks for the better part of last decade
Even simpler has Prof Caron drafted Bossy & Denis Savard or Serge Savard not confused Terry Ryan with Shane Doan or Timmins simply asked an orangutan to make the 2003 1st round selection…
That hits closer to home than you can imagine. (Still, I like to think that I was the best man for the job when a former boss poached me a year ago!)
Doan was picked at #7 in 1995 and we picked #8 so don't understand what you're hinting at.
Yep the Habs were 100% taking Shane Doan and looking back the red flags on Terry Ryan were obvious. He played with Daymond Langkow and his numbers were inflated because of it. Everyone knew his skating was bad. In 2024 no team would take a player with Terry Ryan's skating in the 1st round.
My understanding from what Savard said is there was a gap between what Bergevin said during the interviews and how he actually acted as a GM
Did Savard ever substantiate what this gap was? Was it in terms of hockey management? I’m thinking in reality it was more a case of Savard projecting Bergevin to welcome his advice and the alumni hanging around, and being surprised when MB shut them off.
this is an insane thing to write
Day before draft Savard & Andre Boudrias were in an elevator and confused Ryan for Doan, when Jets picked Doan a couple of slots before they thought Habs had got their man in Ryan…
On the other hand, had Sam played more, which he woild have with just two goalies, we might be drafting a lot lower.
I'm not sold on their choice of going the 3-goalie route either, but early in the season, losing Primeau would've seemed like a net loss, and as time went by and it was clear that Allen was surplus to requirements because Primeau could be an effective backup, it became harder and harder to imagine sending Allen down, moreso with a management team that wants to develop a reputation of being player-friendly.
I don't think it's necessarily been a waste for him. Just look at Lindgren in his last season here. He's still been able to practice against NHLers and that's the best he's looked in the NHL.
At the same time you want to build a reputation as a management group who is unafraid to do what is best for the team.
Absolutely agreed.......his giving Allen an extension with a 1M raise was eyebrow raising................and now the 3 headed net minder situation has just been dumb....dumb....dumb.
Fernando Pisani lol, remember his insane playoff that one year.
How was MB a qualified candidate? Didn't he have only part of a season as asst GM.
