DarkandStormy
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I knew I was an easy grader. I'd give him a D+. Bob had a NMC and was pissed so Jarmo's leverage with him was questionable. The real problem was trading away a first for Duchene and and 2 -2nds for Dzingle which made Jarmo's strategy even more questionable as the team wasn't getting any additional picks for their assets (Bob and Bread).
There was value in beating Tampa. Getting the "never won a playoff series" mark off the franchise's resume wasn't insignificant. But the $64,000 question is whether the CBJ needed all those pieces to beat Tampa. Tampa went into a funk and may not be completely over it. There's a reasonable chance that the CBJ could have beaten them without 2 of the 3 of Bread, Duchene and Bob. At the end of the day, Jarmo may have bought multiple and very expensive term insurance policies that could have possibly been completely superfluous.
Jarmo has left this franchise twisting in the wind. It's now a team which reminds me of the 2010-11 version of the CBJ-lots of declining veterans and mediocre youth. He should pay the ultimate price for allowing the franchise to fall so precipitously based on faulty risk and asset management that had virtually no chance of being successful beyond a lone playoff series win.
1) When was the last "sign and trade" deal made in the NHL? They just don't seem that common, but I could be wrong.
2) Heck, even trading away their UFA rights would have netted a mid-round pick at worst.
3) Don't forget - it was two 2nds *AND* Duclair for Dzingel. Duclair is on a 45-point pace this season, though it's Ottawa and they don't have many other options up front.
4) Jarmo was in a bind last year. Couldn't completely sell as the team was borderline playoffs. Instead, he threw the kitchen sink at the market (what the **** was the point of Kinkaid?) and then caught nothing when July 1 came around. I thought he should have at least tried to sell "UFA rights" - probably Panarin's would have made the most sense. But instead, he was singing to Porty about offering Bread $14m+ on an 8-year deal to try to save his reputation a bit, which was obviously a dumb PR stunt.
We could go back and forth about whether *that many* additions were needed to beat TB and if it was worth it for the playoff series win. But there's a Jarmo thread for that.
To tie it into this thread, Bread is thriving on an otherwise-mediocre team, Bob is still struuuuuuugling in Florida, and both Duchene and Dzingel have settled into who they were before their time in Columbus (~60 point player in Duchene and ~45-50 point player in Dzingel).