Funny how it's contextual when Florida signs him, but that same context doesn't apply to us when we're literally talking about the same player in the same off-season. Keep that double standard going!
No idea what you're trying to say. Yes Duclair might have been overpricing himself vs the market at that time and he didn't have an agent (which is something I criticized him for), but letting him go was still not the solution. Even overpaying him would have been a much better investment than whatever else Dorion did with the money
Dorion just wanted to avoid arbitration, maybe he let his pride get in the way? Who knows?
Once again, applying context when convenient for you. Rules for thee, but not for mee.
I am 100% always applying context, or the context I am aware of. Just stop
Cool your jets. Paquette was shipped off less than a month into the season, likely because he wasn't a good pro. In return, we got Dzingel, who we shipped off for and additional two 2nd round picks a year earlier (plus Duclair). That's on top of the 2nd we got for taking Paquette. That's basically three free 2nd round picks and still had Dzingel at the end of that trade tree. ...and people have the audacity to say Dorion has bad asset management.
Stepan and Gudbanson on the other hand were absolutely good pros and were important for the development of the young players. Norris even said so. There's a reason those two are still in the NHL 3 years later, and Paquette and Balcers are not. No amount of hysterical shrieking is going to change that fact.
Doesn't matter when Paquette was shipped off, he should have been waived at the start. We took him as a cap dump, he didn't want to be here but we "protected" him over one of our good prospects. It was hilariously stupid, particularly when the closest team waived Corey Perry to avoid losing a young player. Nobody would have claimed Paquette, even if someone did, who the f*** cares?
Nothing to do with Balcers, it's our terrible pro scouting and the list of players that played for this team in 2020-21 speaks VOLUMES
No matter how good the return was for Dzingel, the way Dorion managed it is the premium example for how he has been managing this team. Murray, Stepan and let Duclair go for nothing... I mean this has been ridiculed here so maybe you shouldn't use it as an example to say "
people have the audacity to say Dorion has bad asset management"...
Good thing if Stepan and Gudbranson were at least good pros in the room, but on the ice it was terrible and all it did was exposing the young players even more. They were literally thrown to the wolves and it was very reminiscent of Hall's Oilers. There's no shrieking or whatever you're saying. All of this is easy to analyze (and a lot doesn't even need the benefit of hindsight) and there is absolutely no way that Pierre Dorion should have a job managing a billion dollars business.
They needed to add a Rudy Balcers/Sean Farrell type talent at the 2017 deadline, but instead they added a 900 game veteran. Very disrespectful.
No matter how much mocking and sarcasm is used, you know exactly what the real roots of the problems have been. It has even transpired in our drafting lately. But sure, let's act like this team has been managed super efficiently. It really reinforces our window of opportunity both in length and strength!
People here have mocked the Leafs for not winning a round for 17+ years. We're at 7 already. And thankfully we won 2 rounds the last time we were in the playoffs, with Dorion's predecessor's team. If it wasn't for that 2017 run, we'd be at 11 years already. Pressure is mounting and thankfully new ownership will want results, which is normal when you invest a billion+
