Jason Botterill Discussion Part 5

[Jim Carr's Rug]

The most concerning thing from today isn’t even the scandella trade. It’s Botts sitting on his hands with 4 NHL RHDs on the roster while every team that needs a RHD is finding their dance partner.

Or its the idea that they may actually consider themselves buyers not sellers.
YIKES.

 

[Royisgone]

I need to log off and get back to work. But even if some of you want to defend these moves and his apparent negatives, the biggest question is...WHAT DOES HE DO WELL?

roster construction? Trades? Free agents? Talent evaluation? Drafts? Roster management? Developing prospects?

He engages in superficial, hollow corporate speak quite well.

"I dialogued with Kim and Terry Pegula yesterday and we agreed that the team is facing a number of demanding challenges right now but we look forward to the opportunity to improve at every level of the organization, not only for us but the great fans of Buffalo as well."

That sort of thing.

 

[kirby11]

The quotes are staggeringly horrible to me.

Good god.

so as he takes his sigh of relief that no one will be hired above him to sit between him and ownership, he throws his AGMs into the mix and basically says “they’re just as much to blame as me, guys!”

I lol'd at the line that Botts' drafting has been universally lauded. Kaliyev has been tearing it up while Brink and Hoglander have looked at least decent. Meanwhile, we picked Ryan Johnson to join an organization where d-men at the AHL level are having to play as forwards.

Like, who stands out as a truly great pick by Botts?
His dumbass choices significantly hurt Mitts' development. Cozens looks nice but is still just a kid. UPL looks good so far but goalies are voodoo.

 

[joshjull]

Or its the idea that they may actually consider themselves buyers not sellers.
YIKES.

I’d say being either one is pretty scary.

 

[joshjull]

I expect a cringe worthy trade deadline for the Sabres

I’ve been expecting sadness. Cringing through the sadness is probable as well.

 

[Chainshot]

Not a decisive bone in the man’s body.

 

[Royisgone]

Or its the idea that they may actually consider themselves buyers not sellers.
YIKES.

Please, don't even joke about that! It's like the unfortunate Denny Pratt incident. Some things are best left unsaid.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Not a decisive bone in the man’s body.

this is such an underrated point. So many of his moves scream indecisiveness.

 

[The Blunder Years]

I just do not feel comfortable having a guy that is clearly out of the loop in the league decide what our roster looks like.

 

[Chainshot]

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Did Stl screw up by not offering Buffalo a 3rd for Scandella?

 

[Chainshot]

this is such an underrated point. So many of his moves scream indecisiveness.

Milquetoast is how it has occurred for seemingly forever. His acquisitions, his drafting, his decision-making.

 

[Sabreality]

Did Stl screw up by not offering Buffalo a 3rd for Scandella?

Buffalo couldn't retain 50%

 

[Jim Carr's Rug]

Did Stl screw up by not offering Buffalo a 3rd for Scandella?

St Louis couldn't take the whole salary.
Botterill needed to unload the whole salary because he just had to have Michael f***ing Frolik.

 

[SundherDome]

I have never related to anything more than that.

 

[Chainshot]

Did Stl screw up by not offering Buffalo a 3rd for Scandella?

Botts is against retention per PHAM, and the Habs are holding half the hit.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Botts is against retention per PHAM, and the Habs are holding half the hit.

He's against retention for players under ongoing contract or expiring FA too?

 

[Royisgone]

this is such an underrated point. So many of his moves scream indecisiveness.

"It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action has passed."

-Carl von Clausewitz

 

[KeyserSoze81]

this is such an underrated point. So many of his moves scream indecisiveness.

He was decisive once, and made one of the worst trades of the last decade. Now we simply move 3rd and 4th rounders around for complete garbage in hopes that they may fit. We retain so many defensemen that they were close to mutiny.

 

[Dirty Dog]

He was decisive once, and made one of the worst trades of the last decade. Now we simply move 3rd and 4th rounders around for complete garbage in hopes that they may fit. We retain so many defensemen that they were close to mutiny.

haha. But didn’t he wait until he was right up against an internal deadline to deal ROR?

 

[justafan22]

lmfao

 

[Chainshot]

He was decisive once, and made one of the worst trades of the last decade. Now we simply move 3rd and 4th rounders around for complete garbage in hopes that they may fit. We retain so many defensemen that they were close to mutiny.

Given the reports, he wasn’t decisive there either. It was months.

 

[Shootica]

Buffalo couldn't retain 50%

Why not?

 

[Gabrielor]

I’m sure he can’t. He’s a f***ing joke. No one takes him seriously as a GM.

 

[Chainshot]

He's against retention for players under ongoing contract or expiring FA too?

PHAM once said retention. The circumstances I do not know.