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GDT: Around the League - Stanley Cup Edition - Round #3 [Final 4]

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DueDiligence said:
Well when LL took over the Islanders their best player and captain left the team. But since then they have made the playoffs every year and now are in the final 4. On the other hand the team Lou left had 3 young star forwards to build around and the money to sign the Islanders former captain. But things haven't worked out for that GM.
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Tavares leaving the Islanders also highlights the benefits of opening up cap flexibility in a flat, finite cap system. You open up a hole but you can also fill a few different positions all of a sudden. That's also a lesson learned from the Joe Thornton trade to San Jose. You can take the L on the trade but the free cap space also allows for a big UFA add. A manager just needs to be nimble.
 
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Seath The Scaleless said:
What's wrong with Robertson? He brings it every shift.
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Nothing wrong with that. Bringing it every shift is the quality we want in skill and a core.
I just hope people don’t expect him to have to play in the top 6 next year because we only have $1.99 to spend on depth.
 
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ChrisK97 said:
Lou Lamiorello is an outdated dinosaur who basically thinks it's still 2003
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Lou Lamiorello 3rd round

Our GM Eliminated 1st round

Crazy that the outdated dinosaur is consistently going further than ours, especially when we have so much "talent". I'm not even Lous biggest fan but you really are embarrassing yourself tonight so I think it's time you go to bed.
 
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Stephen said:
Tavares leaving the Islanders also highlights the benefits of opening up cap flexibility in a flat, finite cap system. You open up a hole but you can also fill a few different positions all of a sudden. That's also a lesson learned from the Joe Thornton trade to San Jose. You can take the L on the trade but the free cap space also allows for a big UFA add. A manager just needs to be nimble.
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Agreed. A winning GM usually is the one that isn't afraid to make bold moves.
 
Cleetus said:
he did imo... you will never completely shut down those 3 guys those players are gifted and the definition of clutch play... but JG done a excellent job.
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It was basically a lesser version of what Danault did to our top line.

Really starts making a guy wonder wtf the point of paying all this money to star forwards is when all it takes is a Pageau or Danault to severely reduce their impact on the game.
 
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Seath The Scaleless said:
Lol how would we know without having seen him in that type of series? I'd like to give people a chance before writing them off.
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You're too slow and reactionary like our GM. Some foresight is needed. It's no use making moves "that made sense at the time, but we just got unlucky it didn't work out".
 
LaPlante94 said:
Lou Lamiorello 3rd round

Our GM Eliminated 1st round

Crazy that the outdated dinosaur is consistently going further than ours, especially when we have so much "talent". I'm not even Lous biggest fan but you really are embarrassing yourself tonight so I think it's time you go to bed.
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What's the point of talent, or skill, or speed? Might as well just build a team of 3rd liners
 
IPS said:
It was basically a lesser version of what Danault did to our top line.

Really starts making a guy wonder wtf the point of paying all this money to star forwards is when all it takes is a Pageau or Danault to severely reduce their impact on the game.
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Doesn’t seem a coincidence that all the big money players, except Price, are at home, 19 of 20.
 
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DueDiligence said:
For sure. I mean look at what players Lou left in Toronto for the new GM to build off of.
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Legit question, who? We hit on a 20% chance for Matthews, which was a beautifully executed tank. Andersen, who let's say is a bit if a mixed bag in playoffs. Am I missing anyone else?
 
Seath The Scaleless said:
Lol how would we know without having seen him in that type of series? I'd like to give people a chance before writing them off.
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The book is out on this version of the Toronto Maple Leafs. I think every series they find themselves in for the foreseeable future will look like some combination of Columbus/Montreal because that's a proven blueprint to beat them. Not like a team is going to suddenly want to open it up for a light contact track meet vs the Leafs just to see what happens.
 
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DarkKnight said:
Doesn’t seem a coincidence that all the big money players, except Price, are at home, 19 of 20.
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To be fair - Kucherov falls just shy of the $10M mark.

But the point still stands. If you are gonna pay the big money - they better be assassins like Kucherov and Kane.
 
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