Unbelievable. The guy who:
1. Inherited a core of young Karlsson, Zibanejad, Stone, Chabot, Hoffman, Turris, MacArthur, Methot, Ryan, Pageau, Ceci, White, Lazar, full sleeve of draft picks, etc.
2. Whose very first move was to trade an improving Zibanejad + 2nd for Brassard. The third best player on a line with Zuccarello and Nash.
3. Has been and still is weirdly fixated on archaic, unplayable grit.
4. Couldn't scout at the professional level if his life depended on it.
5. Traded a high 2nd round pick and wasted money for the corpse of Derek Stepan as his solution for a top 6 center... Anisimov before that.
6. Traded assets and/or wasted money on the corpses of Oduya, Coburn, Gudbransson, Del Zotto, J. Brown, Zaitsev, etc. as his solutions on D.
7. Wasted assets and/or money on Condons, Hammonds and Murrays as his solutions in goal.
8. Who gifted Byram and Girard to Colorado for meaningless games of Duchene (and Thomson in the AHL).
9. Just recently traded the most decorated and technically sound goaltender in the system for the corpse of Cam Talbot. Despite the travesty that was his first trade and despite say young goaltender being the best NHL performer on the roster the previous season.
9. Recently traded a 7th overall draft pick ++ for a diminutive LW, Kane-dependant scorer without a contingency plan regarding an extension. Despite being taken to the cleaners when previously put in a similar situation with a prime, expiring RFA contract Mark Stone to trade.
10. Through it all, has failed to deliver a truly meaningful game at the turn of any given calendar year for the past 6 seasons (let's face it, we were eliminated in November again this year). Let alone the playoff appearance. Mercy rule here at 10.
THAT'S guy some of you are willing to die on an hill for. A glorified scout.
Yes, by and large, the core looks good (despite some glaring holes on the roster still). But that has more to do with the sheer amount of assets Dorion had to waste to begin with. The real loss here is and always was Bryan Murray. He assembled the foundation Dorion has desperately tried and failed to ruin. RIP Bryan.