If the market is this seller friendly, they could "rebuild" in one season, so please keep loosing !
A question for all of you:
If DW finally does start the rebuild (via a good return for Clowe and/or others, letting Handzus go, and making some solid draft picks), would you support keeping him on to see how he handles this next stage? Or is it too little too late?
A question for all of you:
If DW finally does start the rebuild (via a good return for Clowe and/or others, letting Handzus go, and making some solid draft picks), would you support keeping him on to see how he handles this next stage? Or is it too little too late?
I know you can't compare, but if Murray fetches a 2013 2nd (And the other pick), is it safe to say Clowe will fetch a 1st round pick?
I know you can't compare, but if Murray fetches a 2013 2nd (And the other pick), is it safe to say Clowe will fetch a 1st round pick?
Too little, too late. For the next stage to work, he needs to fix drafting/development. He has had years to do that.
Kyperos tweets: expect Irwin to get multi year deal
A question for all of you:
If DW finally does start the rebuild (via a good return for Clowe and/or others, letting Handzus go, and making some solid draft picks), would you support keeping him on to see how he handles this next stage? Or is it too little too late?
So there hasn't been enough improvement in that area in recent years (since the Wishart and Seto/Kopitar debacles)? Cooch, Petrecki, Coyle, and Hertl are the only first round picks he's had in the last several years, and maybe I'm overvaluing some of these guys (i.e. Demers, Braun, Nieto, Abeltshauser, O'Regan, Tierney, Hamilton) but I feel like he's been moving in the right direction the past few seasons.
Too little too late. There are far too many things wrong with the organization to let him continue mostly because he is the one that either let it continue or chose the people to do it. I'd let him finish the season...same as McLellan. Then let him go. Even with moving Murray, he still identifies the players as the problem. And while in one sense that is good since they may move some pieces out that need to go, it's bad because he's not holding everyone accountable that ought to be held accountable.
So there hasn't been enough improvement in that area in recent years (since the Wishart and Seto/Kopitar debacles)? Cooch, Petrecki, Coyle, and Hertl are the only first round picks he's had in the last several years, and maybe I'm overvaluing some of these guys (i.e. Demers, Braun, Nieto, Abeltshauser, O'Regan, Tierney, Hamilton) but I feel like he's been moving in the right direction the past few seasons.
The jury is still out on Coyle and Hertl, although Coyle is looking at least OK. His late rounds are still OK, but not great like they once were. He still overvalues size too much in the first. To really go for it at the draft, you have to eschew size as a primary asset for first rounders. Speed and skill have to be at the forefront. And they still aren't getting high end from guys who spend a couple of years in Woostah. The guys who are top 4/top 6 (eg Pavs, Couture) were there before they arrived in Woostah. Sommer hasn't produced a Murray, Clowe, Cheech, Ehrhoff in a loooonnnnggggg time. Guys who develop into high end players by learning in the AHL.
That is because players don't go to the AHL anymore. They join the NHL team as soon as they are ready.
I am sure this is the trend across the league.
3 years @ 3m a yearKyperos tweets: expect Irwin to get multi year deal
3 years @ 3m a year
Watch.
Dave Lozo @DaveLozo 1h
Based on that conference call with Doug Wilson, the next five games are going to decide the fate of a lot of Sharks veterans.
Tank, Sharks, tank!
Dave Lozo @DaveLozo 1h
Based on that conference call with Doug Wilson, the next five games are going to decide the fate of a lot of Sharks veterans.
Tank, Sharks, tank!
Dave Lozo @DaveLozo 1h
Based on that conference call with Doug Wilson, the next five games are going to decide the fate of a lot of Sharks veterans.
Tank, Sharks, tank!
Kyperos tweets: expect Irwin to get multi year deal
Two against the Ducks, one against the Wings, Coyotes, and Canucks. The problem is that four of the five are at home and even through this mess since February started, the Sharks are 3-1-4 at home so they at least get points, show fight, or whatever. Them tanking is unlikely.
Well, we'll for sure lose the one tonight in Anaheim, probably lose against Anaheim Wednesday at the tank. We're a bad matchup with the 'Yotes, so we could very well lose that game. The Canucks are on a roll, so they'll probably beat us, and so are the Wings. I think we have a good chance at a tank.