I Call BS
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- Dec 21, 2014
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So what if they were acquired thru trades. Being savvy with trades is a critical factor in being a successful GM. Is it Not? He had to give up quality to get quality. Callahan, Dubinsky, Anisimov were home grown rangers that were traded to get talent back in return. Sather has balls. The McDonagh trade was a steal and Sather should get credit for it just like he would get murdered if he was on the other end of the trade.
...And BTW I think that Lou has had an outstanding tenure as devils GM the last 20 years with 3 cups. I also agree that losing Kovalchuck and Parise would hurt any GM for sure. I just feel that Sather gets a lot of crap from people like yourself who don't give him enough credit for putting a quality product on the ice.
Right. Exactly. Savvy trading. But I feel he's not as savvy as you are making him out to be.
You actually think he traded with Montreal to grab McDonagh and that was the mater plan? Or was it primarily to get rid of his bad fee agent signing/bad contact of Scott Gomez?
Come on be truthful. I don't find anything savvy in that at all. He asked for McDonagh as a throw in & Gainey caved. Unless of course you believe the rumors that Gainey was away due to personal reasons and would not have OK'd it.
Sure give him credit for asking for McDonagh, but we're not talking Brett Hull for Rob Ramage here. Not yet at least.
Choose your sides: unloading his own bad contract was the primary reason for the trade
vs.
“oh, by the way, can we have your prospect Ryan McDonagh too, in addition to Chris Higgins?â€
And he does have balls. Case in point: the Ryan Callahan trade that cost the teams two first rounders. It was the right move to make IMHO. He gambled and lost. But he tried. Very bold move.
And as far as giving him “crapâ€, I feel I gave a very fair assessment of his supposed impact in Edmonton, his bizarre draft record here in NY, especially with goalies, his bad contracts here and his stroke of luck with players the he really had no idea would have such an impact with the current team.
He's become quite competent over the last 5+ years, but I wouldn't elevate him to a higher status. He would have to win a Championship here. That's fair.
Clarkson was not valuable at all to New Jersey. It would be like the Rangers losing Glass. Letting him walk was one of the smart things Lou did in recent memory
Not sure what the heck you're talking about because for a three season period, he was the third leading goal scorer on the team with some grit, heart and toughness, who would fight on occasion. He was undrafted and overachieved. He was very popular with teammates and fans alike. He was valuable actually. But not valuable enough for a 7 year contract with a $5.2 million cap hit.
They are all nice but I am going to stick with Lombardi.
Hands down.
Lombardi is awesome. He is considered a protege to Lamoriello. Those goes love & respect each other. It's public knowledge. Hey, it's not a insult.