Ya, I have no idea what Yzerman is doing. They are going nowhere with that defense.
Been shredding and mocking the Yzerplan ever since the Chiarot signing. He really lost me on that one. And he brings in at least one bad defenseman via free agency every year and signs them to a stupid, shit ass contract.
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Approaching the jarmo territory of over rated
I don't think he's as bad as Jarmo. Tampa had success, but Jarmo won a single playoff round in all those years.
We had the Tallon conversation last week, but it's sort of reminding me of Tallon's time in Florida. He didn't FUBAR an extension draft or anything, but it's similar in that he's striking out in his second GM gig after success in his first one.
He’s really an idiot isn’t he? Like, every move he makes is just bad.
Pretty much. It's getting bad. He also seems to be fodder for the ''general managers who don't take analytics seriously and laugh in the face of the advanced stats nerds'', even though I haven't seen many in that community particularly bash him or accuse him of not caring about analytics. But his signings of BAD defensemen annually would suggest that he doesn't really give much of a f***. And it didn't stop at Chiarot.
I think he's just throwing shit at a wall at this point, he knows his job is probably cooked if Detroit doesn't start producing soon. They have gotten f***ed over in draft lotteries a ton, I think the Canucks are the only team that have gotten it worse but it's not like they didn't get Seider/Raymond to build around.
This is something in slight defense that I've long since wondered too. That he's taking short cuts with the building through UFA strategy because ownership is in his ear that we need to make the playoffs now, it's been 8 years without them. And if they don't make them soon enough then he's getting canned, so maybe he feels pressure for that. Still, can't he do better than some of these black holes he annually signs on D?
At some point last season a Red Wings fan of the mainboard claimed that he would never get fired because the Ilitch's love him so much and with the exception of his stint as the GM of Tampa, he's worked for Detroit/the Ilitch's for the last 40 years now and that he likely has a job for life if he wants it.
I believe maybe he does have a job for life there, it just won't be as the GM. I'm not sure if this is a playoffs or bust year for Yzerman, but it could be. I could see both him and Dr. Evil punted after this season if they miss the playoffs again.
I will also say in his defense that Ken Holland left the organization in even worse ruins than Lou did. Probably significantly worse, with all the shit contracts that were left over.
But just think of what Shero's legacy would be here if he signed some bozo UFA defenseman to bad contracts every year he was GM. He didn't even last 5 years, and he actually made the playoffs once. It'll be 6 after this year for Yzerman. Now like I said, they were in worse shape when he took over than we were when Shero took over, so he probably gets some leeway. They realistically shouldn't have been expected to be a consistent playoff team until 2025-2026, but he's not been very good. The constant defense of him is ''Well they're better now than when he took over''.
