But you were saying the exact same thing when Snow was here. When does it all end? When do we get this unicorn of a GM you speak of?This is the problem.
Why in the world would you think that the GM who led them to "mediocre" is going to do anything, but what he's been doing the last 5 years...Which is to led them to more mediocre?
Things are not going to change until the GM is changed.
Believe the results. The team was not good during most of Snow's tenure and outperformed their talent level under Lou for his first 3 years. Now the team has stagnated and is regressing in some areas. This is not a binary choice with GM. Lou chose a course with the players he signed that is going to make it very difficult for him to make meaningful changes without being able to sign an elite talent as a UFA.But you were saying the exact same thing when Snow was here. When does it all end? When do we get this unicorn of a GM you speak of?
( I liked Garth Snow in case you didn't know. Should I feel vindicated or just believe what I believe now - It doesn't matter who is GM, but the job is difficult especially if you are in charge of the lowly Isles.)
Well some of us warned all of this about Lou or at least one of us did. If I was still a biased hater I’d look at the contracts he signed and all the deals he made and rip em apart. Where are the Leddy, Boychuk, Eberle, Barzal like deals? From what I see the former GM overall did a better job handling contracts and a better job finding and signing players that were impact players and signing them to responsible contracts. Or maybe not.I really don't think it's an age issue as literally Lou is GM'ing as he always has like with the Devils and Leafs. He's always foot on the pedal/add vets/pay long-term deals etc.
That said regardless if it's his behavior, age, or anything else we have a GM who is quadrupling down on mediocre and overpaid. People don't want to rebuild, but the way our GM is running things all he's doing is leading us to a rebuild eventually...And the way it looks the longer we wait the worse the pain will be.
Or he was just in the very process of what you are asking for - a long and painful rebuild that got us some of the results we saw early in Lou’s tenure.Believe the results. The team was not good during most of Snow's tenure and outperformed their talent level under Lou for his first 3 years. Now the team has stagnated and is regressing in some areas. This is not a binary choice with GM. Lou chose a course with the players he signed that is going to make it very difficult for him to make meaningful changes without being able to sign an elite talent as a UFA.
Snow wasn't a bad GM because of his trades or signings. Snow was a bad GM because he had a gigantic chip on his shoulder, refused to hire a proper coaching staff, and couldn't draft/develop high-end talent.Well some of us warned all of this about Lou or at least one of us did. If I was still a biased hater I’d look at the contracts he signed and all the deals he made and rip em apart. Where are the Leddy, Boychuk, Eberle, Barzal like deals? From what I see the former GM overall did a better job handling contracts and a better job finding and signing players that were impact players and signing them to responsible contracts. Or maybe not.
Have we just been unlucky and got stuck with 2 GMs that absolutely sucked or is it simply the fact that it’s not an easy job.
Regardless we’re stuck with what we have and the fans wanted this. They put up the bill boards for it so we just have to deal with it and move on.
The team as I see it can make the playoffs playing the way they are playing under Roy. Maybe they are under a lot of pressure given the faith Lou put in them. Who knows. I expect this team to make the playoffs and get a shot just as every other team will get at the Cup.