Vegas somehow behind the 8 ball in cap, can send Reilley Smith and his 2yr MNTC at $5M p/year to dumbo’s paradise to nowhere in Pittsburgh and get a 3rd rounder back in a flat cap, yet the Isles have to send Lee and TWO 2nd rounders with a $4M cap bump for a guy averaging 25Gs per year and a team captain…
Carolina paid a 3rd rounder for Kuzy with another year tacked on at $7.8 for a guy dogging and highly suspected ‘extracurricular’ behavior, and Wash paid 50% retention. This was about as unmovable contract out there and someone PAID an asset for it.
and people want Lou fired? Yeesh.
I cannot believe how you present your arguments. You present one thing and then conflate it with another while totally missing the point. I guess that's what happens when you have an ax to grind and just want to grind it regardless of cohesion.
Let me present one...I guess because garth snow took advantage of Peter Chiarelli that only Chiarelli deserved to be fired. Great job snow!
The issue isn't whether or not any GM can dump a bad contract...It's continually having to dump bad contracts year after year, while not getting out of the 1st round (and barely making the playoffs at all). This is a GM resume you're seriously defending?
And you used Vegas as an example without mentioning that they did this little thing called winning a Cup. Forget winning a Cup because I don't want to make the goals around here too lofty for the Lou cult members...The day Lou gets the the semi-finals again without Trotz I will happily support him getting an extension until he's 90. In the meantime, sadly there are too many Isles fans who will tolerate these mediocre results we've seen since trotz left that are going to be the norm and 100% his responsibility until Lou is 100.
Now...Let's talk about those Laine rumors...If we get him for Wahlstrom and a 2nd, with Columbus retaining 50%) we are totally set. In Lou we trust!!!