ricky0034
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- Jun 8, 2010
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You're yelling at your own strawman.
You dont get to decide what another persons argument is, and then get upset when it's too nuanced or mundane to be combative over.
It's simple. "Ownership probably placed constraints on the GM's freedom of choice" is a common sense statement that requires no insight/position on the GM's personal point of view.
Way too much conversation on these boards revolves around, "well if I was the GM, AND I was vested with the powers i'm used to a GM having in NHL19/EHM/FHM, then everything would have happened differently"
It's important to stay realistic about what mitigating and contributing factors are abound, and also to stay realistic about what can possibly be a "known/known" and what can't.
so if Chiarelli had offered Holland McDavid for Abdelkader 2 years ago and news came out tomorrow that Holland said no would "Katz would have probably just vetoed it anyways" be an acceptable excuse for Holland in your opinion?