It's a two year deal for del zotto and three for Gagner. Was clear from the signings that the Canucks weren't going anywhere for a couple years so they had to get players. We dont know what went on between the 25th and 1st last year, maybe they were the best players willing to even come here. And it's not like the money even matters, they're not spending to the cap so
When you (Dorion) re-sign for 3 years, speak of high fives about trades, have the smallest front office in the league and let all this fester in your club you are to blame. Him and ownership are steering the ship and setting the culture, he’s literally the definition of the captain of the titanic, this ship is unsinkable he says. A good gm or executive walks away.
And how many of those issues written there were as a result of Dorion? Most of what goes on there seems to be as a result of Melnyk and maybe a couple on Dorion. Most egregious thing about Dorion that I see is that he should have got rid of Hoffman as soon as these issues became known, especially if they were known to go back as far as November (coinciding with their huge slump)
Always hated him, he was thrust in to the role cause he didn’t cost much. He has lost every trade he’s made and his signings are awful too. As mentioned, a good exec walks away by he’s not that. Is it the owner or the GM who is responsible for dysfunction? If the owner won’t allow the GM to do his job any GM worth their salt walks away not signs up for 3 more years. Waiting to see what comes out of the Randy Lee situation, Melnyk personally rushes to lawyer him up with a top notch celebrity guy then waited 2 weeks to suspend him, have to wonder if their aren’t skeletons in the closet
Stanley Cup runner ups for Vegas. Were they going to the SC with Panthers? Were they both even on the top line with Panthers? "bottom feeder to bubble team", that's right, what the hell else are we here for? If the team got 2 more points in the standing would that change him from worst GM of year (playoffs)? What would he have to do not to be the worst excecutive this season, Stanley Cup or bust? Like I said, trades > everything else.A rise up the standings from bottom feeder to bubble team is definitely not noteworthy enough to make anyone forget that Dale Tallon traded away 2/3rds of the top line of the Stanley Cup runnerups
Come on man, you know this people's own choices how they want to view this. Injuries happened the other 2 seasons with Gallant as the coach, they didn't fall in standings at all. When the whole team was hwalthy during a good chunk of the 2016-2017 season, they played the same crappy hockey they the entire season. And you're a Panthers' fan, you should know this. That injury excuse is weak. I'm on my phone so I don't have time to address everything else, but the point is it's amazing to me how everyone's so up in arms about a team was that was maybe going to be bubble team with Smith and March, and yet the crap that happened after the 2015-2016 season isn't a blimp on the radar, and that actually derailed a team that poised to be a contender.
Sorry forgot that one, gives Chia a horse in the race but MBs still already at the finish line
Holland has done very well the last ~12 months (even longer imo, but definitely the last year).
Funny you compare him to the Captain of the Titanic. Smith was a good Captain. He knew his vessel was not unsinkable. It was pressure from ownership that lead to the disaster. So your analogy may be more accurate than you thought but lead to a different conclusion.
