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Marc Bergevin UFA signing

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kovacro said:
Bergevin is gonna crush it at Muscle Beach.

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I just had a pregnancy scare looking at this photo.
 
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Holy Shite,LA hires Marc Bergevin? Hang on to your knickers its either going to be great or a shite-show
 
Sol said:
It's not about whether he's a good or bad person. It's about the fact this team is really being run as a country club. AEG doesn't give a f***. Kinda scary that the inmates are still running the prison while ticket sales and the team is ass. you'd think they'd care more
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Bergevin is about as dumb as they come.
He did the same thing when he was on charge in Montreal . Hire old buddies and yes men. Country club like Luc and Blake a running in L.A
MB is a loser.
Many of us hab fans have prayed for his dismissal.
Fortunately for Kings fans Bozo-vin won't be able to do damage in LA. As Luc made him a glorified usher.
 
According to Renaud Lavoie.

"Five offers were made to Marc Bergevin, three of which were serious. As we know, he accepted the one to become an advisor to Rob Blake at the Los Angeles Kings. What is extraordinary is that he has already started to work. Yesterday he was at the game between the Penguins and the Ducks. What will be interesting to see is what happens next for him. He has a contract to finish the season. Subsequently, if he has an offer to be general manager, there is no problem. Otherwise, probably an agreement with the Kings will wait. He's not here to take Rob Blake's job"
 
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The idea that Bergevin is here to “keep his feet wet” in the league until something else comes along is absurd. The guy was GM of an NHL team for a decade, being out of a job for 6 months would be a problem? Please.
 
So we're doing a guy who largely did nothing for 10 years a solid? Damn, I need more friends like Luc, what a guy!
 
Bandit said:
The idea that Bergevin is here to “keep his feet wet” in the league until something else comes along is absurd. The guy was GM of an NHL team for a decade, being out of a job for 6 months would be a problem? Please.
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Kings are using him for intel and scouting. Bergevin is using LA to stay in the inner loop of the league.

add: whether he is a successful GM or not he still has relationships in the league and the Kings now can use those as favor.
 
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He’s just warming the seat for when Muzz or Nelly is handed the job of AGM.
 
Follow The Reaper said:
I don't see why it's so hard to think he was brought on by a young management team wanting some advice. It's always a good idea to get someone else's opinion outside the echo chamber we create for ourselves in our personal, and professional lives.

Take a deep breath yall.
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See, not all advice is good advice. And if you know that the advisor has a reputation for shaky to less than stellar results, perhaps the advisee would be best advised to seek consul elsewhere.

Drafting Maillioux with a first round pick, then trading another for Dvorak, icing a team with 37 tiny RWs while taking advantage of the goofiest playoffs ever for a very hot run all in the last ten months, I mean, if you want advice on how to create chaos while losing your job, Bergevin is your man.
 
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OldCraig71 said:
Bergy loves Depth and character players but hates talent! I expect that Brendan Gallagher is a King before this season ends, to be reunited with his buddy, the underappreciated and super talented Phil Danault.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
He would reunite something he dismantled?
C'mon Oldcraig, you've been better than that in the past.
 
Habs fan here.
Just when your team was going in the good direction.
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Just when Phil Danault was happy, scoring goals and having chemistry with his wingers.
LA Kings don't need some dum@ss to screw something that was going well.
You don't need that guys and chicks. This is unfair.

On top of this, some habs fans come here to bash Danault and they think they know hockey better than you, lol :laugh::laugh:. You know what they said when Danault was replaced by Dvorak? Dvo is a better player, he is cheaper and will do the same defensive duty, PLUS he will score more goals, lol. :laugh::laugh:
Something else I've heard about replacing Danault: he will be replaced by comitee. Comitee means a little bit of Dvorak, a little bit of Evans, a little bit of Suzuki, a little bit of Paquette, a little bit of Perreault and eventually a little bit of Poehling. What a dumb idea, c'mon, can you find something more stupid than that? Is that means Danault will replaced on the ice by 3 skaters, witch means the team can have 8 skaters on the ice? Really?

Ok, that's enough of this non-sense, the BashingBandWagon of Danault on Habs forum, the glorifying of Dvorak and the twisted explaination of the Habs seriously drowning.
 
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bland said:
See, not all advice is good advice. And if you know that the advisor has a reputation for shaky to less than stellar results, perhaps the advisee would be best advised to seek consul elsewhere.

Drafting Maillioux with a first round pick, then trading another for Dvorak, icing a team with 37 tiny RWs while taking advantage of the goofiest playoffs ever for a very hot run all in the last ten months, I mean, if you want advice on how to create chaos while losing your job, Bergevin is your man.
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Wow. Talk about a drama queen. I think you forgot to take that breath lol. Of course not all advice is good, thanks captain obvious. It's real easy to pick out the things that he's done wrong, that's easy to do with anybody in life. You're a Negative Nancy. A glass-half-empty type of guy. It's not even worth my time. I happen to think even with his mistakes, that he brings a lot of professional experience that will probably benefit this organization.

This whole board has turned into a misery loves company Echo chamber.
 
Looking back I though Weber for Subban was a bad trade for the Habs- but now that was a smart deal. Weber was an anchor and clear upgrade to Subban. Not sure about other deals but that was one Bergevin got right.
 
I am surprised how many people are angry about this. The Kings actually went completely out of the organization and brought in someone who wasn't playing for the Kings in the late 90's or in the front office in the early 2010's.

It may be later this season or it could be this summer but the Kings are nearing the point where they are going to have to make a Richards or Palffy type trade and it's very important for the Kings to get the best possible deal. Having a different set of eyes evaluating the Kings youth and advising Blake, one without bias towards any of the players.

It is also a smart move for Blake himself. The shoe could easily be on the other foot down the road in their management careers with Blake fired and Bergevin running a team.
 
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Herby said:
I am surprised how many people are angry about this. The Kings actually went completely out of the organization and brought in someone who wasn't playing for the Kings in the late 90's or in the front office in the early 2010's.
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I agree with your post, overall, but... it must be said that this is also one of Luc's friends



Herby said:
It may be later this season or it could be this summer but the Kings are nearing the point where they are going to have to make a Richards or Palffy type trade and it's very important for the Kings to get the best possible deal. Having a different set of eyes evaluating the Kings youth and advising Blake, one without bias towards any of the players.

It is also a smart move for Blake himself. The shoe could easily be on the other foot down the road in their management careers with Blake fired and Bergevin running a team.
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Agree 100% here
 
Herby said:
I am surprised how many people are angry about this. The Kings actually went completely out of the organization and brought in someone who wasn't playing for the Kings in the late 90's or in the front office in the early 2010's.

It may be later this season or it could be this summer but the Kings are nearing the point where they are going to have to make a Richards or Palffy type trade and it's very important for the Kings to get the best possible deal. Having a different set of eyes evaluating the Kings youth and advising Blake, one without bias towards any of the players.

It is also a smart move for Blake himself. The shoe could easily be on the other foot down the road in their management careers with Blake fired and Bergevin running a team.
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I said it previously but I think it was a casualty of a purge, but wanting an outside hire doesn't mean that ANY outside hire is good. You want someone that's actually good, not Betty Crocker just because she's not a Kings' alumni.

Blake looking out for Blake checks out though, spot on there.
 
Herby said:
I am surprised how many people are angry about this. The Kings actually went completely out of the organization and brought in someone who wasn't playing for the Kings in the late 90's or in the front office in the early 2010's.

It may be later this season or it could be this summer but the Kings are nearing the point where they are going to have to make a Richards or Palffy type trade and it's very important for the Kings to get the best possible deal. Having a different set of eyes evaluating the Kings youth and advising Blake, one without bias towards any of the players.

It is also a smart move for Blake himself. The shoe could easily be on the other foot down the road in their management careers with Blake fired and Bergevin running a team.
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The "problem" with the nepotism here isn't that they are friends, former teammates, good buddies away from the ice, nothing like that at all.

It's that the former players hired into developmental roles have no history in those positions and have yielded nothing other than safety-first players whose priorities are to first do no harm instead of actively advancing the team.

I am glad they have accomplished that, the team needs those players as well. But until they can churn out offensively tilted players who move the needle forwardly, they will have to live with that criticism.

Now Bergevin, that is a guy Blake knows damn well off ice, Robitaille too. Blake has traded with him 4 times, IIRC. But he made a mess out his last position, showed little foresight, had a distinct issue developing prospects, had roller coaster results, and had a whole lot of trouble drafting and developing players as well.

None of that is really suited in an advisory position for a developing team. Its just reinforcing what was already an organizational shortcoming.

I have no problem whatsoever with the addition of a new voice, but there is FAR more reason to be concerned here than happy based on all available evidence.
 
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Bergevin did nothing special in Montreal. He lived and died with Carey Price’s performance.
 
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