GM Don Sweeney meets with the media to talk about new winger Craig Smith, the loss of Torey Krug, and discussions with Zdeno Chara:
GM Don Sweeney meets with the media to talk about new winger Craig Smith, the loss of Torey Krug, and discussions with Zdeno Chara:
What cards.....This guy is so far in the woods....Cards ?.....He does not not what to do at a green light this clown.Lol. Nothing here. Obviously he isn’t showing anyone his cards.
He reminds me of Kevin Lowe. Hired by his buddies, has no idea what he’s doing, and the team just progressively gets worse each year despite having multiple opportunities to retool and stay at the top. Even with an average GM this team would have a couple more cups and would be looking to go again this year. He’s just awful.Listening to this guy speak is sickening. Internal competition.....Who is this guy kidding.....This guy is a clown. Since day one. Same old bullspit Wash, spin and dry. Such a fraud, and really a scared little man. He says Trades are open....LOL, who is he kidding...I have never seen a GM so scared. Terrified.
I would go like this insteadSign Hall and move out Kase, Moore, Ritchie for picks.
Pasta Bergy Marshy
Hall Krecji Smith
Debrusk Coyle Studnicka
Wagner Kuraly Frédéric
Synshyn
All free advice. What’s not to like?
That works tooI would go like this instead
Hall-Krejci-Pasta
Marchand-Bergy-Stud
Debrusk-Coyle-Smith
Frederic-Kuraly-Wagner
Lindholm-Bjork
GM Don Sweeney meets with the media to talk about new winger Craig Smith, the loss of Torey Krug, and discussions with Zdeno Chara:
Who told him the Harry Caray glasses were a good idea? He looks like Rob Lowe if Rob really let himself go.
I still can't fathom that four days into free agency all we have to show is Craig Smith and Kevan Miller after the infamous "changes" comment. Complete incompetence.
A whole 4 days! Oh no!!
Christ, the ignorance in this thread is appalling. How about we wait until the team actually sucks before releasing your inner 98.5?
Who told him the Harry Caray glasses were a good idea? He looks like Rob Lowe if Rob really let himself go.
I still can't fathom that four days into free agency all we have to show is Craig Smith and Kevan Miller after the infamous "changes" comment. Complete incompetence.
I get the sentiment, but you are also choosing to ignore a couple key things:
1. The top free agents usually go early, so being active early before the ones you want are scooped up is prudent. We've already seen most of the top scorers snatched up, so inventory is dwindling.
2. For years with Sweeney, the defense goes like this:
a. Let's see if he gets something done at the draft. No? Okay wait until free agency
b. Nothing done early in free agency? Okay it's been four days! Relax!
c. Nothing done the rest of the offseason? Okay wait until the deadline
d. Rinse. Repeat.
He seems incapable of making meaningful improvements. He's ripe for criticism any day anyone wants, including 4 days into free agency.
A whole 4 days! Oh no!!
Christ, the ignorance in this thread is appalling. How about we wait until the team actually sucks before releasing your inner 98.5?
Not addressing the hole at 2RW, sucks, five years later...
Being unable to penetrate big, aggressive defenses with either talent to scheme, sucks...
Saying "We are not good enough and we need to fix that" and then watching most of the top talent in FA go elsewhere sucks...
Not knowing the price for OEL, sucks. I give Sweeney a pass here because I bet it was stupid high with no retention...
Being the 4-5 best playoff team in the east, sucks...
yeah I really hate listening to him speak. he has such a smug, condescending tone. He's like the opposite of Bruce Cassidy in terms of likability.I find him so insufferable and arrogant for someone who has done virtually nothing to help this team win.
ugh
A whole 4 days! Oh no!!
Christ, the ignorance in this thread is appalling. How about we wait until the team actually sucks before releasing your inner 98.5?
I think he's made meaningful improvements. He cleaned out some of the guys that didn't figure into the long term plan his first offseason and picked up some good assets: 2nd line winger and a top 4 RD. Coyle has been a solid add. MoJo was a solid add. Halak has been solid. Smith will most likely be a solid addition. We don't know yet on Kase, but the skill is there. There were some things out of his control, like Beleskey being good before he injured and ate himself out of the league and some of the onus on the players for not delivering in G7 last year. This year, they were the best team in the league before the season was abruptly suspended.
Let's not forget that Tampa was the top team in 2018-2019, shit the bed in the 1st round, and didn't get their meaningful additions until the trade deadline a few months ago. They believed in what they had and decided to upgrade when it became available.