Re:visiting the past...
Could you imagine how great Ken Holland would look right now had he offered sheet Shea Weber like many here wanted?
Shew-wee...
"Ken Holland has no spine, he plays it too safe"...
Shea Weber + possible recapture penalty for:
Mantha
Larkin
Svechnikov
Cholowski
"Get 'r done, kenny"
To me, as history has proven over and over and over again... it's never good to listen to armchair GM's plans how to build a successful future.
Then look at how great Stevie F Yzerman is doing with the Lightning, now that is how GMing is suppose to be done, right?
Inheret franchise players
Trade all-star he inhereted for player
Sign Filippua to too much
Still suck with all that talent to draft top 3 (Drouin)
Never win the cup
And be mddile of the pack/out of playoffs midway 2016 with all that talent
Honestly, Yzerman is proving to extremely overrated.
Wings won too much and now they suck. Offer sheeting Shea Weber would have made it so much worse. There's no "deal" Ken Holland "whiffed" on that would have helped this team to cup contender. The new cool complaint is he doesn't try to purposely "tank" like Edmonton has done the past 10 years?
Personally, my biggest front office criticism is they became medicre at drafting under Jim Nill's watch (might be turning around now, though). And Hakan is human, probably should just retire at this point.
Keeping the playoff streak alive, I get. That more than likely (from the data and research I've done) is pushed by ownership anyhow. It's not my money to lose, but I get it.
To me, Ken Holland is probably the best thing about the Detroit Red Wings. It use to be ownership, but I think they are part of the problem now with the new arena being built and them wanting to sustain the dollar as long as they can over winning