I think Seattle can win. That Canucks team is waiting to die. Traded the wrong guy and now they could be stuck in the murky middle.. The worst place to be in this league.
Desnoyers is one player I would pass on if we are picking in the top 5 or 7.
It's not irrational to expect better postseason results from a GM who inherited a core of several Hall of Fame players. You might think the team’s regular season success during Sweeney’s tenure outweighs the fact that they’ve won multiple playoff rounds just once. However, not every fan ascribes to that philosophy, nor does it make them any less of a fan for feeling that way.
I don’t like sticking up for Sweeney but he didn’t blow it in ‘19, Covid year, and 23. He went for it on the latter and this is what you have. I’m sure you were one of the fans that agreed with that powerhouse. I won’t argue about different GM.
Again that’s not what the discussion was about though. And yeah I do separate the work of the GM from the coach and especially the players. For some reason around here the players get the least of the blame for not doing better in the postseason.
He should be fired. Anything less is let off the hook.
Who put the players together? He's run through players and he's run through coaches. When does the buck stop at him? His team beat the 6,7, and 8 seed on the cup run then couldn't seal the deal. The GM's in Tampa and Florida have crushed him when it came to making the right trades and right signings. I appreciate all he's done, he was good to very good at it, just time to move on. he should not be in charge of this rebuild.
You said the team is being let off the hook Lonnie. I don't see anything remotely like that here or anywhere else. Now you're just saying you want Sweeney fired. Which, again, 80% of this board has wanted that for years and years. Two different things.
I had a nightmare last night. I was watching the draft and the Sweenius was at the podium 'With the third overall pick, the Boston Bruins are proud to select Zachary Hamill-Senyshyn Jr.' I woke up screaming.
Responding to your "why do the players get the least amount of blame"
I think it's because 3-7 is really just about what people think fits for the team long term. Frondell, Desnoyers, Hagens are all centers, but they all play a unique game relative to each other
Firing Sweeney without Firing Cam does nothing to move forward.
I`m fine with a comment like this but I`d appreciate more context, why, how often have you seen him play, what about his game has you leaning to the side of not choosing him?
The nice thing is there's actually two lottery's one for the first pick and one for the second pick, then all other teams fall accordingly. So they'll have a couple of chances to move into the top two.
Neither are going so let’s talk about the atrocity Vinnie Lettieri does not have his own thread
