Zetterlund was well over a 0.5PPG on an embarrassment of an organizational team and a +8!!! And even then Grier said he targeted Ostapchuk since he was only negotiating with Ottawa
Basically, only he's touted as a scoring winger rather than a shutdown center, when in actuality neither is that valuable
Zetterlund scored 83 points in 168 games with the Sharks, a .49p/g pace that equals 40 points over an 82 game seasonZetterlund was well over a 0.5PPG on an embarrassment of an organizational team and a +8!!! And even then Grier said he targeted Ostapchuk since he was only negotiating with Ottawa
This forum has got to stop coping. It's just getting ridiculous now.
Totally ignoring I was clearly referencing last season and not the season before, when the team had literally nobody. Just hilarious coping dude. He was on the 2nd or 3rd line almost the entire time too so nowhere near the best linemates lol.
Grier's weakness is his inability to target and obtain good players.
Remind me again who targeted and obtained the GOAT Zetterlund in the first place?
Most of his acquisitions of good players to this point have been through the draft, so the returns aren't in yet, but he did bring in Askarov, Graf and Mukhamadullin as long term additions
I hate when I get a 2nd round pick for a guy who scores 5 points in 20 games on the 4th line of a 1st round loser, you just need to get better value for that kind of positive contributor
We are, so I guess it's important to clarify. All of the "diamonds in the rough" he's brought in over the years for the most part didn't work out.
I know you're pretty anti-tank, but his best acquisitions are Celebrini, gotten via a purposeful tank job, Askarov, a smart trade built off of the assets of a tank trade, Smith, gotten via a purposeful tank job, and Dickinson, a smart trade up built off of the assets from multiple tank trades
Well I don't think any of the acquisitions he made outside of Georgiev were purposely for tanking. I think he understand that either these low risk guys turn into something or they suck and it helps them lose. It was a win-win, but still the ratio isn't very inspiring.
Agreed, Grier's tank moves were typically sell jobs rather than bringing in a bad player on purpose
I honestly would have been perfectly content extending Blackwood and going with a 1a/1b split, which seems to be more where teams are moving towards, but I don't know how easy a sell that would have been to either net minder.
I think Osta is essentially gonna bring the same thing as Dellandrea. Just a big (hopefully) physical presence, but not much else.
I think Blackwood doesn't sign as reasonable of a deal to stay on this shit team where he has to be the savior every night, and if Askarov works out the way the org hopes and thinks he can we could end up spending $15M on goaltending in just a few years, right when we'll probably have to spend well over $20M just on the combo of Celebrini and Smith at the same time, I appreciate them deciding to let Blackwood go in the interest of investing fully in Askarov
Yeah I suppose. I'd like to see them invest seriously in the back-up job rather than just go through the carousel of losers. Askarov shouldn't be starting more than 40-45 games next year and that's with the hopes he can stay healthy which hasn't exactly been his M.O.
I do think that's the plan, everything Mike has said made it seem like he wants a tandem situation for Askarov, I just don't think he wanted to have to pay something like $7Mx5Y to do so to keep the guy he hopes is the clear backup by the end of that deal
I wouldn't have hated it personally, especially with the way the cap is going up, but I understand why he traded him.
