Jacoby4HOF66
Pull my finger
- Mar 13, 2009
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I just don't like how they didn't give the new GM the option of which goalie to pick.
What if Halak and/or his agent said he had no desire to resign in DC?
I just don't like how they didn't give the new GM the option of which goalie to pick.
If they're going to hire a guy who would think there was even a choice to be made, they're totally ****ed anyway.
What if Halak and/or his agent said he had no desire to resign in DC?
Keep the better goalie while getting a 1st worth of value instead of a 4th... would have been tragic
Yeah, really. Not understanding how Holtby is better without even a second thought. That's just stupid.
so then your backup is getting paid more than your starter? besides halak doesnt want to be a backup he'd demand a trade
so then your backup is getting paid more than your starter? besides halak doesnt want to be a backup he'd demand a trade
the caps didn't trade a pending ufa that was interested in staying in Washington.
the caps didn't trade right now a player who's rights weren't a time sensitive issue.
I think someone official has said that the caps don't expect to have a new gm til after the draft.
So....
Holtby is good for 3/4th's of the game... then he lapses, and look out below.
You overlook another factor: even if the new GM decides that Holts is his man, we still need a vet backup. Halak is the best option, in that he's already on the team.
You want a 4M a year backup? Because that's what he'll be getting. Don't see why he'd want to sign here anyway, since there are teams like the Islanders who'll give him the same contract and make him a starter.
That is, speculation.
Either way, why are we in a hurry to make a move that the law of averages demonstrates that more than likely, will not work?
Maybe, a new GM convinces him to take less?
He's the second best goalie available in a horrible free agent crop. There are two, maybe three legitimate starters and more teams than that that need starters. You're asking for a miracle if you think anyone could convince Halak to take less than he could make elsewhere with the assurance of less playing time. As far as why we'd do this now, the earlier you make this sort of deal, the more time the other team has to get a deal done, and the higher the pick they'll offer for the player's rights. When we traded Wideman's rights, we only ended up with a conditional 5th because it was 4 days before the contract expired.
The point you miss is that this move did not need to be made right now. It's a safety valve move, that the new GM could easily make at any time in the next couple of months.
But the new GM will never get a chance now, will he?
Did you read the second part of that paragraph, where I explained that the longer we wait, the lower the pick we get in return? If they really wait until after the draft for a new GM, at that point they're probably looking at a conditional 5th or 6th instead of a guaranteed 4th.
It gives 2000 as his first year working there, so I don't think that's been updated for like 7 years, meaning his been an assistant GM for more like 8.
It's not the city that they hate... it's the regime.
With no one in either job, what's to hate?.
The point you miss is that this move did not need to be made right now. It's a safety valve move, that the new GM could easily make at any time in the next couple of months.
But the new GM will never get a chance now, will he?
you have to use some basic logic in trying to read these things. the caps traded rissling because either they didn't want to sign him or he wasn't going to sign.
in this case, the same basic options are there. as the caps don't have a gm to decide to sign him, you would have to guess that halak has already decided that he is not going to stay. period. so the caps got a roll of the dice for him.
its not required but its often the case when rights are traded that a contract is already likely agreed to with the acquiring team.
you are assuming facts that are not in evidence. because there is not a gm in place, I would have to guess that it was time sensitive or else they would have waited.
you can either believe that that this was just mindless and truly rudderless stupidity or that the move was made for logical reasons that forced it.
You claim we don't need a GM, yet you need basic logic?????
Seems like a 180, to me.
ok...I don't need further drama about this.