Free Agency Episode 2 - The Attack Of The Plugs

[SlappaDaBass]

@SkyKerstein #Caps GMGM "You don't win the Cup in the summer... if the contract doesn't work for the Washington Capitals then why do it."

It's amazing he is still a ****ing GM in the NHL... truly amazing.

 

[txpd]

Chalk one up for the "Nothing really out there for us" line.

which of the known free agent contracts would you have supported McPhee matching and/or adding a year to?

 

[EroCaps]

@SkyKerstein #Caps GMGM "If you're consistently going to the free-agent market every summer to build your team...

@SkyKerstein ...then there's something wrong with your team or your organization, because that's not the way to develop a team."

Really? Detroit, Boston say hi.

 

[strungout]

Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin
Erat-Laich-Brouwer
Chimera-Beagle-Ward
Fehr-Perreault-Wilson
Volpatti

Alzner-Green
?????-Carlson
Erskine-Oleksy
Hillen

Holtby
Neuvirth

That about right?

A few tweeks...

Johansson-Backstrom-Ovechkin
Erat-Laich-Brouwer
Fehr-Perreault-Ward
Chimera-Beagle-Wilson
Volpatti

Alzner-Green
Erksine-Carlson
Hillen-Oleksy

Holtby
Neuvirth

But yeah...pretty close.

Carksine!!

 

[NoMoreChoking]

Gotta give it to him, he doesn't care what anyone else thinks and does what he likes best

 

[ChibiPooky]

@BMcNally14 So... George McPhee basically just went all "My team is on the floor" there. No 2nd line center OR lefty defenseman? A bit surprised

 

[txpd]

It's amazing he is still a ****ing GM in the NHL... truly amazing.

so....again. which player that signed should he have signed?

 

[NoMoreChoking]

Really? Detroit, Boston say hi.

Boston made trades because of Cap issues, that doesn't make them better. They lost IMO

 

[Chokingdogs]

@SkyKerstein #Caps GMGM on what he's evaluating with Wilson in camp "I don't know if that we're evaluating him as much on the ice as we are off the ice"

anybody care to wade in the pool on that comment?

oh, and brooks as 2C......LOL

i give that about 10 to 15 games B4 it becomes a 2C by committee.

 

[BrooklynCapsFan]

Boston made trades because of Cap issues, that doesn't make them better. They lost IMO

They added salary. And Ericksson/Iginla>>>>>>>>the parts they lost.

Do you even follow this sport?

 

[NoMoreChoking]

They added salary. And Ericksson/Iginla>>>>>>>>the parts they lost.

Do you even follow this sport?

No, not at all.

Also, did that one quote about buyouts mean they don't know who they are going to use their second buyout on?

 

[strungout]

so....again. which player that signed should he have signed?

Ribeiro.

But whatever. Laich it is!

 

[Chokingdogs]

Gotta give it to him, he doesn't care what anyone else thinks and does what he likes best

yep, he deserves a hearty pat on the back.

 

[stanleycaps18]

@KCarrera McPhee said "we don't see any real difference in terms of ability to play" between Laich and Fisher (NSH), Richards (LA) or Backes (STL).

Ponderous.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

@KCarrera McPhee said "we don't see any real difference in terms of ability to play" between Laich and Fisher (NSH), Richards (LA) or Backes (STL).

so brooks is as good as mike richards now

 

[caps4cup]

@KCarrera McPhee said "we don't see any real difference in terms of ability to play" between Laich and Fisher (NSH), Richards (LA) or Backes (STL).

That's a gem. I wonder if GMGM would sign Laich if he was a free agent from another team...

 

[caps4cup]

so brooks is as good as mike richards now

Then we need to trade him for what Richards got ASAP...

 

[Chokingdogs]

@KCarrera McPhee said "we don't see any real difference in terms of ability to play" between Laich and Fisher (NSH), Richards (LA) or Backes (STL).

laich cannot hold richards' jock, in just about every facet of the game.

 

[tmljeh19*]

It's amazing he is still a ****ing GM in the NHL... truly amazing.

Oh gee I don't know. How about because it hasn't worked in the past 15 years you moron!

 

[Halpysback*]

Well at least that's some 200 hours freed up next year to put towards more productive things. Thank god McPhee knows how to properly build a team, his teams certainly show it year in and year out.

Only shame is that Ovie has to waste his best years on his trainwreck. Wonder what kind of hardware he'd be able to get with an organization that hasn't officially thrown in the towel. Hopefully for the sake of people who don't like throwing good hockey after bad he asks for a trade sooner than later.

 

[NoMoreChoking]

I actually liked volpatti a lot too. Good replacement for Hendricks

 

[tmljeh19*]

which of the known free agent contracts would you have supported McPhee matching and/or adding a year to?

He said the term wasn't right for any. So Roy at 1 year was too many years?

 

[tmljeh19*]

Gotta give it to him, he doesn't care what anyone else thinks and does what he likes best

Hence a failure.

 

[ChibiPooky]

All the Kerstein "live tweets" are merged into one post:

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=68940737&postcount=238

 

[Langway]

World class agitator still that McPhee. Bra-****ing-vo.

I'd love to know what Oates really thinks.