See this is the part that's consistently twisted and warped in order to make Dimbo NOT look like a complete f***ing moron: the star players we have were all his effort therefore we must emphasize that this is THE most pivotal part of the team's success. Like I said a thousand times, getting those players is not the hard part, you just gotta sit on your ass and let the team suck until year in year out we have enough drafted players, some of whom will eventually become stars. Even a blind monkey is bound to find a few bananas here and there. Look at Oilers before McDavid, look at Buffalo. And again, Dimbo can't even do that correctly - dude drafted OJ and JV, plus trading away a freighter worth of draft picks, despite him being proclaimed constantly as this elder god of drafting. The rest of building a good team is just as important if not more so - patience is part of it, but far more important are the acquisition of proper and competent staff, returning to Abt's roots to revive a dying development system, making positive trades and careful management of assets and cap space...etc. Our new management made mistakes, but were quick to correct most of them. If the core group was all that's needed, then there would be little to no additional changes required. All we gotta do is sit there and watch this beautifully seeded team grow into a majestic conifer reaching into the heavens.
I for one would be the first to admit that I was wrong about Moleman and Mr. Clean, they did some amazing work and things have worked out very well. I'm more than willing to be accountable about my mistakes. I've even said that Miller trade worked out very well, one of the few good things Dimbo has done. This continuous narrative that Dimbo was not given credit for his..."brilliance" has GOT to stop. No, he's not a misunderstood genius of hockey ops, he's not some supreme being of draft, he's not a unsung hero whose efforts were never recognized. No, he's a piece of shit of a GM and will always be remembered as such.
