GDT: Preseason Game 4: Kraken @ Oilers - 6:00 PM PDT, KHN, Kong

[Kevinsane]

I think but for Gru being quite likeable as a player and for the fact that he when he “gets hot” for 4 or 5 games a year he resembles Patrick Roy, there would be a lot more chatter leaguewide about what an abysmal signing that’s been.

I remember when he signed. It wasn’t the money, but the term. I’ll never understand committing to a guy for that long, who at no point had been elite for consecutive seasons, especially when you’re building from the ground up. It was an albatross contract from the moment pen hit paper,