Jejune
Registered User
Hate is blinding you.
MacTs big faults?
- Big mouth
- Extreme loyalty to a fault
- Not properly fixing the D core and not getting enough done.
Most of his trades were actually good. And he was around. 500 in signings.
The first Perron trade we won.
The second Perron trade is looking pretty good to right now.
The Petry trade will be good if Montreal keeps winning, although losing him was bad.
The Hendricks for Dubnyk swap was great, yes Dubnyk turned around his game but he was so bad last year he couldn't even be the starter for Montreals farm.
The Horcoff trade, he actually moved that contract which was good.
The Smid trade kind of sucked caused we could of used a decent defensemen, although now he is a bottom pairing guy at best and we got Brossoit out of it.
The Gagner trade is a wash. Gagner didn't have a future here, Purcell and him are pretty even and we got more out of the deal then Tampa did. We did go into the season without a 2c.
His signings were iffy.
Pouliot, Fayne, Gordon were good. Lander and Yaks second contracts as well.
Ference, Nikitin are over paid.
Schultz got to high and we basically told Petry to go **** himself.
So like a lot of GMs on the trade and signing front he had some good, some bad but also some awful. However his biggest faults was he couldn't get enough done.
Now as a Gm coming in like Chia, I would see value in that. You are replacing a guy who had a huge fault in loyalty and not getting enough done. However did make some good moves and isn't a stupid guy hockey wise.
So why not see what he can bring as an assistant. That could honestly be a very good spot for him. He probably will never be a good full gm due to his speaking skills etc, but as an assistant he could be a real asset, especially under a guy who knows what he is doing.
I don't think we can look at the Ference signing in a hockey-play only vacuum. There were clear issues in the locker room and Ference was brought in for his leadership abilities and winning experience. He wasn't enough to overcome some of the problems, but people close to the team have said he is extremely underrated for what he is doing in the room.