Management Is it time for Delaware North to give the Golden Parachute to Cam Neely?
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TheReal13Linseman
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It would be met with the same veneration we have for you as a poster.
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TheReal13Linseman
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We don’t expect a magical person who will do everything right but these two, particularly Sweeny, have done very poorly. Their being former players is not really relevant either way. Cam was a godlike player; Sweeney above average but not a god; either or both could’ve been great executives (or not). The only thing that’s clear (to me) in retrospect is that they’ve not done well in their respective roles.
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Scouting amateur and pro has been below average to awful the last 15 years. 2015 as much as we want it to stop, set this franchise back, quite a bit. The revisionist history is just too strong.
Connor, Aho, Konecny, Chabot, Barzal, Boeser, Hintze, the hits go on and on. The 1st 2 rounds are historical for fulltime NHL'rs. Jake is decent due to his inconsistencies; Carlo is legit and now Lauzon seems to have found his ground as a full timer. But to have 2 1st round misses of that magnitude in that draft, just shows how bad our evaluation of talent has been
Connor, Aho, Konecny, Chabot, Barzal, Boeser, Hintze, the hits go on and on. The 1st 2 rounds are historical for fulltime NHL'rs. Jake is decent due to his inconsistencies; Carlo is legit and now Lauzon seems to have found his ground as a full timer. But to have 2 1st round misses of that magnitude in that draft, just shows how bad our evaluation of talent has been
I think he does more than I thought he did.
As noted elsewhere, it was Cam who directed Sweeney to turf Cassidy, according to the Herald's Steve Conroy.
If you recall, Sweeney initially told Butch it was business as usual.
I don't know for certain - perhaps someone here does? - but I suspect Neely was also behind canning Claude.
I believe Cam more or less left player personnel and drafting to Sweeney and his staff, save agitating for big bodies that didn't work out.
That is, Neely issued a general edict. Sweeney whiffed.
They made the correct decision in dismissing Montgomery and giving the interim gig to Sacco who will, I believe, right the ship in the short term.
Other than that, it's time for both to be shown the door.
Pretty strong to say that a draft from nearly 10 years ago set this franchise back "quite a bit"
Since 2015...
- 1st in points
- Two President Trophy wins
- NHL record breaking season
- SCF run
That to me doesn't scream a franchise that's been set back. They've been strong contenders in almost every season. Let 2015 go already, it's done and gone.
agree to disagree. no pipeline of top end talent. Any those guys would be 28 YO in their prime and we would not be talking about how incomplete this roster is.
80% of my list cures the scoring issues this team has had since last year.
All your accolades were due to having guys over 30, Bergy, Rask, Krecji, Chara driving the leadership bus
And any would be making upwards of 8 million and would mean that 8 million in other players would be gone.
Yes I wish they would have taken Aho in 2015, that would have changed things, but they would have been killed on the board for reaching
I would trade Boeser and Connor for 1/2 our team. We might or might not have one a cup with more scoring. Zacha and Coyle, there's 10, add not needing E Lindholm another ~8.
I'll always take the better players. With 6-7 6-8M higher end players you CAN fill in around them with JAGS
KnightofBoston
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If the bruins don’t at least make the second round this year, because they did last year and supposedly got better with the additions ala Sweeney
I fire Neely and Sweeney
Hire Chara as GM and Bergeron as president
I fire Neely and Sweeney
Hire Chara as GM and Bergeron as president
