nabbyfan
Registered User
Thing i dont understand about all the hate to Grier....hes doing his job. He wasnt hired for a retool or a refresh, he was hired to tear it the F down and start over. Theres almost nobody left in the organization from when he was hired!
I think people aren't properly understanding the level of mess that DW and DW Jr left him. Grier inherited an absolute F'ing mess. A bad team, somehow at the Salary Cap, with a bunch of old players signed to long term deals with NMC who were all underperforming, and one of the worst prospect pools in the NHL.
I honestly think a big part of the reason Grier got this job is because it was so unappealing to alot of NHL executives. We can all love and respect Doug Wilson for the great 15 year run we had....but he left a complete Shitshow behind.
This was always going to be how this went. A complete tear down and build it back up with free'd up cap space and new prospects. Props to Hertl for signing the extension here, but clearly he wasnt aware of just how bad this was going to get. I dont blame him for wanting out, and dont blame Grier for getting what he could to get out of the contract that we were never going to compete with. Is it going to suck watching Tomas play meaningful games for Vegas? Absolutely. But we are going to be absolutely terrible for 2-3 more years.....I think most people would also agree it would suck to watch the life get sucked out of Tomas coming in 30-32nd in the NHL playing in front of an empty arena for the rest of his contract.
Lets just hope Grier and Co can actually get this ship turned around in the next few years.
I think people aren't properly understanding the level of mess that DW and DW Jr left him. Grier inherited an absolute F'ing mess. A bad team, somehow at the Salary Cap, with a bunch of old players signed to long term deals with NMC who were all underperforming, and one of the worst prospect pools in the NHL.
I honestly think a big part of the reason Grier got this job is because it was so unappealing to alot of NHL executives. We can all love and respect Doug Wilson for the great 15 year run we had....but he left a complete Shitshow behind.
This was always going to be how this went. A complete tear down and build it back up with free'd up cap space and new prospects. Props to Hertl for signing the extension here, but clearly he wasnt aware of just how bad this was going to get. I dont blame him for wanting out, and dont blame Grier for getting what he could to get out of the contract that we were never going to compete with. Is it going to suck watching Tomas play meaningful games for Vegas? Absolutely. But we are going to be absolutely terrible for 2-3 more years.....I think most people would also agree it would suck to watch the life get sucked out of Tomas coming in 30-32nd in the NHL playing in front of an empty arena for the rest of his contract.
Lets just hope Grier and Co can actually get this ship turned around in the next few years.