Irfaan Gaffar doesn't know anything. The "insider" label has been watered down so far that everyone here's basically an "insider".
Irfaan Gaffar doesn't know anything. The "insider" label has been watered down so far that everyone here's basically an "insider".
Allvin made a bunch of prudent bets on guys like Joshua, Blueger, Suter, Soucy, Cole, etc. Did they work out? Yes. Was part of that + the season success luck? Yes.It's not, but the margin is thin. Many GMs fail doing the same. I wonder what we would be saying about Allvin had execution and luck not been on his side this year? Nearly everything worked out for him. Obviously, it did not for Yzerman.
Maybe he should have just done a straight Hronek for Horvat trade? That probably gets them further along.
You think it's typical for a key player on a SC caliber team to go on drug/alcohol fueled benders and get caught with hookers (who may or may not have been trafficked) in their hotel room.....during the NHL playoffs?i don't think the canucks should acquire him. i just don't think he's some atypical nhler when it comes to his behavior and i don't think there's a moral case for not trading for him (or -- if you think there is a moral case -- you should probably stop watching sports altogether)
If you're trading out Hoglander or Podkolzin that adds an additional 1.0-1.1m.
No.Can people stop suggesting trades involving pods, our top prospects and top draft picks. Without at least explaining how they intend to be cap compliant. We are going to be one questionable team if we trade off all of our picks and top prospects in a very few short years. Because we will have to sign a few free agents, and fill out the rest of the lineup with waiver fodder to stay under the cap. WE have 2 contracts that we are going to have to sign. Demko, and decide if Boeser is worth the money. We will be shortly getting rid of OEL, and the cap will go up , but we are going to be up against the cap me expects.
The only reasons to trade Hogs, IMO, are if you are getting a top 4 PMD out of the deal somehow, or an equivalent young Dman with potential. AND if management thinks he is fool's gold. I don't think he is, but what do I know?Oh I see, okay, but why would anyone trade a 23 year old Hoglander who’s fast, high skilled, tenacious and a potential 30 goal scorer going forward, for a depth defenceman? Podkolzin sure, hasn’t shown much and hasn’t really progressed, if he reaches his potential he’ll be a bottom 6er at best, could move him for a depth defencemen.
His body of work is pretty neat in Tampa.This situations aren't in common at all, but tell yourself what you like to keep deifying Yzerman. His body of work is not great so far.
- Handling of DoerrieWTF? They signed the most coveted international UFA on the market and he had a massive year. Hindsight being 20/20 they should have traded him at the deadline instead of extending him....but the extension was logical at the time given his age, the cap hit and relatively low term and the fact he meshed so well with Pettersson. They took a chance that Tocchet could bring his defensive game up a level and it didn't happen. When it became obvious that was going to be the case they dumped him on a divisional rival.
low cost with asymmetrical upside bets on: Bains, Aman, Joshua, Wolanin, Di Giuseppe...one of which hit jackpot, two have been useful depth pieces and a third has progressed nicely in the AHL.
I'm guessing you're talking specifically about the Mikheyev signing that didn't pan out because he blew his knee out in the first preseason game of year one and still hasn't fully recovered?
Allvin made a bunch of prudent bets on guys like Joshua, Blueger, Suter, Soucy, Cole, etc. Did they work out? Yes. Was part of that + the season success luck? Yes.
But there was also a foreseeable path to success for last season stemming from those moves, and the risk profile of those signings were low, if they didn't work out.
Is that what Yzerman's doing? Uh, no. Copp, Compher, Chiarot, Husso are not the same kinds of bets.
What did he say?Irfaan Gaffar doesn't know anything. The "insider" label has been watered down so far that everyone here's basically an "insider".
Canucks wanting to see what happens with an unnamed RFA.What did he say?
He's been teasing that one for weeks LOL. Other than that, he offers no insight, no "insidering"Canucks wanting to see what happens with an unnamed RFA.
You think it's typical for a key player on a SC caliber team to go on drug/alcohol fueled benders and get caught with hookers (who may or may not have been trafficked) in their hotel room.....during the NHL playoffs?
This guy completely f***ed over his teammates two years in a row. That's next level bad judgement.
He's made one critical error: Pull up from the rebuild too quickly. The other mid-level signings just compound that first mistake.
That was status quo for years… yaYou think it's typical for a key player on a SC caliber team to go on drug/alcohol fueled benders and get caught with hookers (who may or may not have been trafficked) in their hotel room.....during the NHL playoffs?
This guy completely f***ed over his teammates two years in a row. That's next level bad judgement.
Yeah have we talked about this at all? It's a small gamble but he was great with tanev before his lost year.Sign Kylington cowards
I remember someone saying Braden Schneider.He's been teasing that one for weeks LOL. Other than that, he offers no insight, no "insidering"
He's been teasing that one for weeks LOL. Other than that, he offers no insight, no "insidering"
- Handling of Doerrie
- Handling of Bruce
- Pearson injury
- Mikheyev injury
- Kuzmenko extension
- Dickinson trade (and handling of his broken hand that only chi medical staff found out about)
- Boeser cancer night benching fubar
- Rutherford hissy fit at the media and subsequent radio silence
Most of these were handwaved here by many posters, for what ever reason.
I'm sure I am forgetting some.
There was not a "silent moment" the first year for the new management.
The same reason you want to trade Podz and not Hog is why teams would want to trade for Hog and have zero interest in Podz. It's not a video game with an algorithm deciding if a trade will be accepted; Teams have to actually want the player.Oh I see, okay, but why would anyone trade a 23 year old Hoglander who’s fast, high skilled, tenacious and a potential 30 goal scorer going forward, for a depth defenceman? Podkolzin sure, hasn’t shown much and hasn’t really progressed, if he reaches his potential he’ll be a bottom 6er at best, could move him for a depth defencemen.
- Handling of Doerrie
- Handling of Bruce
- Pearson injury
- Mikheyev injury
- Kuzmenko extension
- Dickinson trade (and handling of his broken hand that only chi medical staff found out about)
- Boeser cancer night benching fubar
- Rutherford hissy fit at the media and subsequent radio silence
Most of these were handwaved here by many posters, for what ever reason.
I'm sure I am forgetting some.
There was not a "silent moment" the first year for the new management.
I forgot about that guy oopsHeinen gonna play.
Half n halfIt's almost like the spreadsheet nerds coronated them far too prematurely.