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All on Shanahan in losing Marner for nothing...clown is living in the past referencing his days as a Red Wing...he does know there's a salary cap now, right?
Brad Treliving is doing a great job.
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DarkKnight
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That's what CJ said, he was told they were staying when he took the job.
Gary Nylund
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First of all, "they" means Marner because the rest had NMC's, correct?
Second - did CJ say what Tre thought himself? If he had no desire to move Marner anyway then it's on him. And if he did want to move Marner but was told he couldn't, then he didn't have to take the job but he did anyway so again, it's on him.
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Of course he knows. Remember that big speech he made years ago when he said the we need to find players who aren't greedy and are willing to take less money to play in Toronto?
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I would love the team to get Rossi, but don't see the incentive from the Wild. Cowan + Danford would maybe get their attention, but they likely want an asset to help them win now, and prospects don't do that for them. And the Leafs only really have Woll that's moveable, and they don't need goaltending.
We can hope a core player falls into the teams lap via other means like a reclamation project scenario - I'll never say never, but you also can't bank on that happening
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That's really perplexing that if this is what Shanahan believed, that he would then allow Dubas to issue those overpayments.Of course he knows. Remember that big speech he made years ago when he said the we need to find players who aren't greedy and are willing to take less money to play in Toronto?
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Shanahan fired Dubas before he could make any moves on the core 4...then told Treliving after he hired him that he told the core 4 they wouldn't be moved...all on Shanahan.
They tried trading him for Rantanen at the deadline. Marner said no. They tried.
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It's already too late with Marner's NMC having kicked in...they should have traded him after the Montreal series or 2 years ago after the loss to Florida.
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But Dubas has been doing a great job tanking the Pens. He's truly horrible Shanahan or no Shanahan. He needs no help.
Three out of the four remaining teams (Oilers are the only ones) dont even have a 90 point player. There are other ways to build a cup contender.
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He is truly a horrible GM, a complete joke...3 years of missing the playoffs with the Pens, and no light at the end of the tunnel in sight.
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uncleben
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Dude,
Mikko Rantanen is 90pt player every other year
Matthew Tkachuk is a 90pt player every other year
That's pretty indisputable.
Aleksander Barkov has hit 90pts before
Jason Robertson has hit 90pts before
Sam Reinhart has hit 90pts before
It's not wild to imagine any of them doing it again, nor their teams leaning on them like 90pt players
Sebastian Aho (89pts) could conceivably be a 90pt player
Wyatt Johnston could one day be a 90pt player
No point pretending the other 3 teams are made up of utility players with no stars.
Superstar
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He got lucky because Shanahan gave him the first big break, but he's a smooth talking snake oil salesman who has no clue how to build a championship calibre team.
Hes the perfect corp shill. Its why Shanny fell in love with him.
