Just like Shea Weber did. Ah.He SCREWED over the preds to chase cash, you know like ANY mercenary would
Bad transition last night. Maybe teams are starting to figure them out, but it seems like they didn't proceed with a game of give guys advancing together. We also continue to have trouble with bigger teams.
Tatar, Byron, Lekhonen and Danault are zero + zero = zero. Habs are returning back to Earth, apart from Domi and Gally, we have no real Top 2 lines players. And Domi often seem mixed up playing center in a defensive capacity.
Third goal killed us, the Domi penalty put the nail in the coffin. But I wouldn't blame Domi, it was a bull**** call where both players were going at it. Then the refs made a a joke of things for the rest of the game. It was so disgraceful to see. The penalty Jaime Benn got was pathetic.
weber decided to not honor a contract that he signed ?Just like Shea Weber did. Ah.
The time/space continuum doesn't exist in his imagination. So that's an irrelevant question.weber decided to not honor a contract that he signed ?
when this this transpire ?
He’s made far worse hockey-related moves than the Subban one.
*Unnecessary Therrien extension, choosing him over Subban and then firing him months later
*Allowing Plekanec’s value to diminish
*Messed up the center issue by running with Desharnais-Plekanec for years.
*Markov Out, Alzner in
*Radulov walking
*Shaw contract
*Thinking Shaw was more valuable than Eller
*Handcuffed our goalie situation with the Price contract
*Tinordi, Beaulieu and McCarron all 1st round picks whose value went to near zero. A smarter GM would have dressed them up and sold them quickly.
*Sergachev trade.
He should’ve been fired long ago, and one good month doesn’t equal redemption.
"He screwed the Preds over To chase cash"weber decided to not honor a contract that he signed ?
when this this transpire ?
Are you arguing that signing an offer sheet ( which was one hundred percent permissible) is the same as someone, UNDER CONTRACT deciding to not honor the contract are equivalent?"He screwed the Preds over To chase cash"
He did. I don't blame it for it, but he did.
Not in the same way Radulov did it, but the result is the same. They screwed the Preds for money. Happens all the time. Somehow Radulov is a mercenary for it and Weber is an elite leader, whatever that means.
No.Are you arguing that signing an offer sheet ( which was one hundred percent permissible) is the same as someone, UNDER CONTRACT deciding to not honor the contract are equivalent?
No.
Scenarios arent the same, results are.
Both screwed the Preds for more money.
Radulov doing it while having 1 year left on his contract is worse, yes.
In order to put it in context, you need to look at the whole sequence. Bergevin played hardball and gave Radulov his "final offer". He then took that offer "off the table". Then he delivered to coup de grace by announcing, again in the media, that it was first come first served between Radu and Markov. Needless to say, neither of these friends and teammates bought that garbage. This is a textbook example of how not to negotiate.
In the mean time, while Bergevin was testosteroning his negotiation, Nill was wooing. He had his best players call Radu to encourage him to sign. He made him feel wanted and gave him a deal he could live with.
I'm not going to list all the times Bergevin's hardballing had repercussions down the road, nor which players he bent over and spread for - but the state of the team on ice and the empty seats in the stands speak volumes.
Players have the right to get as much as they can. It’s a job that only lasts so long after all."He screwed the Preds over To chase cash"
He did. I don't blame it for it, but he did.
Not in the same way Radulov did it, but the result is the same. They screwed the Preds for money. Happens all the time. Somehow Radulov is a mercenary for it and Weber is an elite leader, whatever that means.
Fair enough, MB screw up in this negotiation....all tho we dont have all the details on how the negotiation went from December to july 1st, may have been out of frustration from MB .....still, he screw up, should just had said the usual ''i 'm not answering question on contract negotiation'' and being accuse after of not being transparent.....hope he learm from it
But even if he had not said what he said, i doubt that Radu would have signed with us unless we overpay in terms or in years and maybe both
Anyway my reply to you was more about the fact that the comment ''if you want loyalty, buy a dog'' was an answer to a reporter who ask him if he tought Radu should show more loyalty.......by ansewering that ......to me he is clearly stating that you should not expect loyalty in that kind of negotition
In the end, it's no big deal, i know that your comment on the ''dog-tale'' was more to make fun of MB than anything else
The LoyaltyGate will never get old
That may have been Bergevin's intention. He also may have been saying that his job is not to be loyal. In either case his strategy was embarrassing and not worthy of his position as NHL GM.
Radulov did not breach his contract for the Habs. He signed for 1 year and played for 1 year, with full intensity.
Agree, like i said, just hope he learned from it
I honestly don't know if he can. Bergevin has had 6+ years to learn the GM job and qualities and persona expected to accompany it. He's still quite lacking.
Oh well......life is a perpetual learning process, the day you stop learning from your mistakes is the day that either your body or your mind is dead, i still have hope..... wont bet my house on it tho
hahahahah, the "OUUUIIIIIII" is an amazing touchThe LoyaltyGate will never get old
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he didnt break his current contract to sign the offer sheet AND even if he did ( he didn't) the preds had the choice to match or not.Players have the right to get as much as they can. It’s a job that only lasts so long after all.
What I don’t like is, as you’ve alluded to people making criticising players but ignoring others for attempting to maximise their earning potential. Apparently Markov, Subban and Radulov should be great fun for whatever gets offered but Weber signing that offer sheet is not a blemish on his character.