So the equivalent of Twitter Blue subscribers?The Bruins fanbase ranks the Bruins Front Office the 24th best in the league. And these aren't anonymous twitter account mouth breathers - these are Athletic subscribers.
Second most playoff series and winsWell you do like regular season success more than playoff so Donnie is your man.
Not a fan of Sweeney and really dislike the scouting staff, I would put them around 20. Sweeney is strong on getting below market deals for his players and willing to make a big move at the deadline, but his drafting has been poor, no plan to replace Bergeron or Krejci, some truly abysmal free agent signings offset to a degree by a few above average ones.
Once again people worrying about a nothing piece…..we know what the FO is.
what I think we tend to overlook is the management team OPTED IN to a C grade or less on the drafting and development front, because they invested instead in another cup run which required giving up high quality draft assets
which we should all support when the time is right
what I think we tend to overlook is the management team OPTED IN to a C grade or less on the drafting and development front, because they invested instead in another cup run which required giving up high quality draft assets
which we should all support when the time is right
They traded a 2nd round pick to rid themselves of Moore’s contract…and then proceeded to do nothing with the added cap space! That’s the kind of shit I hateThey also spent a fair amount of draft capital erasing terrible FA signings they made between backes, beleskey, John moore, etc.
He still had the 2015 and 2017 drafts to bring in one top 6C and failed. Barzal in 2015
and at least Thomas in 2016, opting for you know who and Vaak. So that's a significant
strictly draft demerit.
Why would they need to be looking for top 6 centers in 2017, let alone 2015?
While Bergeron and Krejci were still in their prime, Chara was nearing the end of his career, making defense a much bigger priority.
The 'fan base' grades certainly do seem predictably harsh. I'm more curious what grades posters here would dish out, using the same criteria. My guess is that the view amongst us would on average be at least slightly more favorable. If anyone's keen, please do share. Mine are as follows, which really fall pretty close to the public perceptions:
Roster building: B
Cap management: B-
Draft and develop: C-
Trading: B
Free Agency: B-
Vision: B-
Overall: B-
Same reason they drafted seguin, you take best player available.
Come on, Seguin was the 2nd pick in the draft. An absolute consensus pick.
Barzal , chabot and Connor were very widely regarded as consensus picks at those spots too.
There are never consensus picks in the middle of the first round, especially compared to a top 2 pick.
Anyway, the discussion was about looking for a top 6 center at that point, not about how the Bruins screwed up that draft.
Bergeron was going into his age 30 season after that draft. That’s the perfect time to start looking for successors… that way you don’t have to rely on two top 6 centers in their mid 30s.
But not the number 1 priority at that time.
They had drafted centers in 2014 (Ryan Donato, 2nd round), 2015 (JK Karlsson, 2nd round), 2016 (Trent Frederic, 1st round), 2017 (Jack Studnicka, 2nd round). Still had hope for Spooner at that time also.
To me, that's not even the point.Bergeron was going into his age 30 season after that draft. That’s the perfect time to start looking for successors… that way you don’t have to rely on two top 6 centers in their mid 30s.
Why would they need to be looking for top 6 centers in 2017, let alone 2015?
While Bergeron and Krejci were still in their prime, Chara was nearing the end of his career, making defense a much bigger priority.
That's probably the best way of looking at it. Take the emotion out, take personal preferences and biases out. Rank the GM's based on their success, both regular season and post-season. Who's won Cups? Short of that, who's got the most post-season wins in the last 5 years? Short of that, who's got the most regular season wins the last 5 years? Do the math and there's your answer.Is this a fantasy hockey league? GM rankings should be according to how far a team has gone in the post season, the number of appearances in the finals for the past decade etc. Not "prospect pools" and free agent signings. Competitive GM's consistently do what needs to be done to keep their team competitive, year after year. By that basis DS is a top 10 GM. The fan base has it wrong and the Athletic even more so.