So Tatar must be really good? Confused here...
They will fall back to earth though.
Wow.I thought Tartar would be a buyout candidate. Especially at that salary and term.
I thought Tartar would be a buyout candidate. Especially at that salary and term.
I thought Tartar would be a buyout candidate. Especially at that salary and term.
I don't think anyone is claiming GMGM is a god. However, the management team for the Knights has done a great job with the expansion and he's the one that gets the credit. I don't think Erat has a thing to do with what's happening in Las Vegas, and if that's the kind of baggage people can't get over, that's on them as far as I'm concerned.
I'm willing to give GMGM a shot and the vast majority of the credit for what's happening, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that Tatar was the guy they wanted on the ice and in the dressing room versus a Kane or one of the other players he "should" have gotten. The 1st doesn't mean much to me, because we'll still average 1.5 1st rounders in the 2017 and 2018 draft, and that came from nothing. We were given two 1st rounders in these two drafts just for existing, GMGM traded one away, and we'll still have three total over these two years. We gave up our later than expected 2018 1st for Tatar, and will still have more 1st rounders on contract in September of 2018 than most would have hoped for. That's without even touching on the three 2nd rounders in 2017/2018, or the five additional second rounders we'll have in the 19/20 drafts, even after overpaying for Tatar.
And that comes from someone that's been following hockey for a damn sight longer than a year, though I think it's awesome how you keep bringing that up with Vegas fans.
They probably gushed when they announced the expansion picks too. They gush at everything, and why wouldn't they? The Golden Knights are leading the Pacific by double digit points in late February in the inaugural season.I've seen a lot of people on Twitter claiming GMGM is god or a genius and one of them is the beat writer for the sun just for getting Reaves who really won't be playing now. I'll bet that there will be even more gushing from the locals for acquiring Tartar on Twitter.
Sure it is a lot, but this is not a gross overpayment. We are talking about basically the 31st pick and two futures for a guy on contract for three years that consistently gets 20 goals a year.
You have to excuse most Vegas fans as this is their first year following hockey and think GMGM is a god and don't know that he has never filled a need for his team at the trade deadline.
Tatar will help the team, but other better wingers were traded for less and winger depth is the knights strength. 3C is a huge need and the D could have used an upgrade if they were willing to spend this much. So GMGM keeps his rep as a dumb GM at the trade deadline. The knights would have been better off with stastny, Brassard, or even Grabner if they wanted a winger or a dman. While other teams filled needs, GMGM didn't. I've followed the caps as I run a nats site and talk to a lot of caps fans so I know how overrated GMGM is right now. I thought maybe he would have learned something after getting fired from dc, but he's still making trades that doesn't address real team needs. I've been a hockey fan for 21 years and so many people I meet here have been fans for only a few months and they have no idea how bad GMGM is and they think he's a god. I guess it's going to be like this for a few years until people learn the business of hockey here.
Yeah sure dude.I thought Tartar would be a buyout candidate. Especially at that salary and term.
Very pleased to with this. Offloaded my least favorite wings player and got a bigger-than-expected return
You disliked Tatar more than Ericsson, DDK or Gator etc.
Don't worry, the novelty will soon be gone. GMBM is arrogant and stubborn and thinks he's smarter than everyone. His act grows real tiresome real quickly.
i dislike their contracts a lot, but i dont necessarily dislike them. Sure most of them suck, but they dont frustrate me to the extent that Tatar does. I hate having the play stop all the time and tatar goes offsides 1000 x a game. Every time he attempts to dangle he coughs up the puck. He has an annoying skating stride.