ManOfSteel55 said:
I expect a reasonable conversation, not attempts to derail it by bringing in unrelated topics? Here's the problem with this viewpoint: you seem to look at criticism of a GM as "taking a run". However, it doesn't have to be personal. Unfortunately, that's not what's happening. Avs fans in this thread feel they have to defend every move Sakic makes with the sort of unerring loyalty owed to blood relatives. I've not seen one even come close to criticizing him, a truly bizarre state of affairs for a team that's plagued with problems up and down the lineup.
So strong that barely a year later their top right wing is a 39-year-old and their top six will have one of Blake Comeau or Joe Colborne in it.
Yes, completely different situation- expect they're both RFAs repped by the same agent who is known for playing hard-ball for long-term, high-value contracts and Sakic is insisting on his way or the highway all the while headed towards a relationship-killing arbitration process. But other than that, totally different.
The window is open because that's how the team's books are structured. If they aren't competitive by 2018, said goalie and Matt Duchene are staring down free agency, with Beauchemin done and Johnson on the wrong side of 30.
Sakic has had literal years to build a balanced team. All he's done is send them back.
That same system they let empty out in the first place? Also, as I mentioned before, what exactly was Sakic trying to save for? Between Soderberg's contract and what ROR eventually signed for in Buffalo, there is a difference of $1.8M. That's a fourth liner in today's NHL. It wasn't worth severely downgrading for.
Easily could have. Chose not to.
Right, so if he's not sure after two seasons around 50 points, he needs to deal with that TODAY. It's not a good idea whatsoever to allow Barrie to sign a contract that hinders his value as an asset just in case the one extra year he's really affording himself to make a decision turns out to justify his suspicions.
A whole John Mitchell more. Wow, what a burden on the Colorado Avalanche.
Sakic "balanced" his team by acquiring a bunch of prospects. How can you balance a roster with players who aren't ready for the show, now and maybe not ever?
I'd be upset with Chiarelli if he'd chosen a pile of prospects over a (supposedly) lesser today NHL player, because the Oilers are competing TODAY. If the Avs aren't, they need to dismantle what they have. Full stop.
You're right, we did that see here; Petry was traded for picks a year after MacT turned out a long-term deal because he felt he wasn't worth it. Sakic and MacT actually have a great deal in common as GMs.
Great, so he shouldn't put himself in a position where beans are the only thing on the menu. That means dealing with it today.
It's worse than that for both teams and I think you know that. Neither team has found much in the later rounds. The Avs hit on Barrie and O'Reilly, so there's that, but since the incredible fortuitous 2009 Draft they've gotten all of 200 NHL games out of their second-day picks since- and 40 of those come from a player now in a different organization.
Because his scouts, as noted, should have been able to take care of that without sacrificing a first-line NHL player. That's absolutely brutal asset management. There are UFAs who go as deadline who return just as much in potential- never mind 24-year-olds.
You're right, they probably shouldn't trust those same scouts who can't assess talent. Why is that weird or bad? You wouldn't let a doctor who accidentally attached your arm to your face perform any other operations on you.
According to who- the scouts who thought Joey Hishon, Duncan Siemens and Connor Bleackley were fine first round selections?
If that was the case and you knew his value wasn't anything of substance, why not then sign the damn guy? Be it one year or the other, you're essentially stating Sakic chose to make his team worse on purpose.
Yes, so many GMs were unconvinced of his abilities that one team sent him an unprecedented offer sheet to pry him away.
