Around the League Thread | Holiday Season!

[VanJack]

Sucks Trotz will tarnish his otherwise good reputation as a coach to being probably one of the worst GM’s of this decade when it’s all said and done.

I'll never understand why, when things go totally south like they have in Nashville, that the franchise owner is off the hook.

I mean Trotz didn't go out and sign fading stars to ridiculous, untradeable contacts, without the support or at least acquiescence of ownership.

But it was the same in Vancouver. For eight years, Benning basically ran the team into the ground. But the Aquilini's were meddling behind the scenes and giving him a 'vote of confidence' after every failed season.

 

[StreetHawk]

I'll never understand why, when things go totally south like they have in Nashville, that the franchise owner is off the hook.

I mean Trotz didn't go out and sign fading stars to ridiculous, untradeable contacts, without the support or at least acquiescence of ownership.

But it was the same in Vancouver. For eight years, Benning basically ran the team into the ground. But the Aquilini's were meddling behind the scenes and giving him a 'vote of confidence' after every failed season.

Nash has never been a terrible team especially not since the lockout and salary cap era of nearly 20 years now.

Whether these signings were at the behest of ownership or he got the ok from the owners to make these moves, I do think Nash like Carolina don’t want to endure 7-8 years of suffering like clubs in Ana/Ott/Det have endured. 2018/2017/2016 are the last times those clubs made the PO.

 

[Hodgy]

So Boston clearly let go of the wrong goalie, right?

What Boston should have been thinking last off season is whether:

1. They just by chance were able to acquire two Vezina caliber goalies and have them play on the same team at the same time (wow, what a coincidence!); or

2. They had an incredible team top to bottom that played an incredible defensive game thereby artificially increase their goalies SVP, GAA and wins.

 

[valkynax]

Leafs giving Sabres a beating.

And Stars scored on Rangers within 2 minutes of puck drop.

Business as usual, it appears.