Shero winning this award is an absolute JOKE and simply another product of the NHL PR HYPE promoting a organization because of big names that really have underachieved. Lets FACT check on Shero.....He walked into SID, MALKIN and FLUERY and some other nice talent on a team about to be great. And a number 2 pick (STAAL)....What has he done with it all. Team won the cup and since then with a team of 23-24 year old cup winners he has **** the bed.
SCUDERI....He does not pay him while he was SO IMPORTANT to that cup team and he never replaced him really. Scuderi has won a cup since while Shero has not.
MARTIN SIGNING....5 million a year for this BUM...While letting Scuderi go made no sense.
STAAL....Lost that trade because he traded the best player for a 3-4 line center and kids that nobody knows how they will turn out.
HAs really never found a WINGER for Sid. The MorrowTRADE is a disaster as we all know how much this board loved Joe Morrow...
The IGGY trade turns out will suck. He has FAILED to address the DEFENSE and that should have been done this year. BOUWMEESTER would have been great for this team. IGGY was not needed here.
OST gritty players it takes to win cups as we just saw with the BRUINS fourth line....FEDETENKO, TALBOT, especially TALBOT were heart and soul guys...Guys that did the little things....
SHERO has been a turnstile GM who HAS NOT REALLY WON with anyone he has bought in to build around SID and GENO...And this latest embarrassment vs BOSTON exposed him as a GM who does not really understand the difference between PLAYOFF hockey and regular season hockey....
Lets see the guy win a cup with all the talent and picks he was blessed with...Till then he is a bust to me.
now, let's fact-check your mind-numbing ignorance when it comes to the Pens, point by point:
>> first of all, capitalizing the MAIN WORDS in your argument isn't enough to validate your points.
>> it's spelled FLEURY, not FLUERY, and so far, he's an average goalie. not sure why you have him up there with the likes of Sid and Geno. was he a pivotal part of their Cup win? i think so, but other than that has he been great overall? absolutely not.
>> Scuderi was due for a pay day (that, at the time, the team really couldn't afford) and he got it. i do agree that this was a mistake, though. however, i have no clue how Shero valued Scuderi at the time. in hindsight (which, by the way, is always 20-20), letting him go was a mistake. but i doubt there were many people who valued him that highly anyway at the time. i remember thinking "wow, i'm glad he got paid, but that seems too much for LA to pay". i know, in hindsight blah blah blah, but still.
>> you couldn't be farther from the truth here regarding Martin. Martin had one bad season since coming to Pittsburgh (yes, ONLY ONE). this season he was absolutely outstanding. he was one of their best defensemen this year (if not their best).
>> Staal basically advertised that he not only wanted to extend with Pittsburgh but he also would extend with Carolina. how is Shero at fault for Staal handcuffing him in front of the rest of the league? Staal would only be a 3rd line center in Pittsburgh anyway, so getting a real 3C in the deal plus high-end prospects was about as good as any GM could have done under those circumstances. but, you won't mention the fiasco Staal caused because it doesn't fit your bogus narrative.
>> do you think appropriately talented wingers just grow on trees? unless you're expecting someone like Perry (who will never play for Pittsburgh), i don't know what you're whining about. he put all of his eggs in the Parise basket and missed out. how is that his fault? Parise had different motives. at least he's tried which is more than you're willing to admit.
>> i agree that his trades for Morrow and Iginla weren't ideal (especially the Morrow trade). however, Joe Morrow, to the dismay of the fans, hasn't apparently produced well enough to qualify as the organization's "top prospect". Shero pointed that out after the trade. whether or not it's just lip service has yet to be proven.
>> the last decent season Fedotenko had IMO was when he won the Cup with the Penguins. since then, i think he's been very underwhelming. you may not know this, either, but in Talbot's last Pens season (his CONTRACT YEAR), he was garbage. his energy was meaningless when he struggled making the right plays. on top of that, Philly overpaid for him big time by signing him for $1.8M per for 5 years (a deal he'd never see from Pittsburgh, and rightfully so; he's just not worth it).
>> you insist on pinning the entire blame on Shero for them not winning another Cup since 2009. i shouldn't even have to explain why this is ludicrous, but if you actually convinced yourself that that's what you believe, then i have no way of convincing you otherwise because you'll just believe whatever you want to believe.
>> he has, genius. 2009. but, obviously, you're a better GM. maybe you should get on the phone with some of the teams and ask them nicely to take over their GM position (whether it's even open or not). let's see how they respond to you and your obvious expertise.
