Boom Boom Apathy
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Waddell saw UFAs Pesce, Skjei, Chatfield, Teravainen, Guentzel, Noesen, Martinook and RFAs Jarvis, Necas, and Drury and said "F*&# that, I'm outta here."
Graduated from bad to mediocre.Yup, what a “goober” Waddell has been helping turn Carolina from a joke of a team that was forever stuck in no-man’s land into a top team in the league.
Gotta wonder how the guy even has a job, right?
Maybe, but the ownership factor is a big piece of that puzzle too.I like the guy. Best of luck to him. His success in Carolina- and lack of it in Atlanta- supports the theory of GM differences being marginal at best wrt a teams success
What constraints?Waddell put a great team together with the constraints of ownership. I'd imagine there's teams considering firing their current GM for him.
My understanding is Futa and the Canes didn't part of the best of terms. I bet either Tulsky (more likely) or Yorke (less likely) gets named full time GM and this was likely one of those guys saying they wanted to get to the next level.I wonder do they go after Mike Futa. He had an advisor role for Carolina a couple years back. He was in the Kings organization for 13 seasons and was the head of amateur scouting for 7 years. He drafted pretty solid in the late rounds. He was never a GM though.
What constraints?
Apparently Buffalo is looking for a PoHO. That is also the more likely role for him in Columbus, as JD is looking to retire.Other teams? Only CLB looking...
They've pretty much spent to the cap the last 3 seasons, and even had to take advantage of LTIR (Gardiner) last year.Salary constraints. Carolina hardly spends to the cap and I doubt that Waddell’s executive decision.
They've spent to the cap every full season under Dundon, and have routinely leveraged LTIR to technically spend more.Salary constraints. Carolina hardly spends to the cap and I doubt that Waddell’s executive decision.
They've spent to the cap every year under Dundon, and have routinely leveraged LTIR to technically spend more.
I imagine you would be singing a different tune about your assistant GM now interim GM leaving.I like the guy. Best of luck to him. His success in Carolina- and lack of it in Atlanta- supports the theory of GM differences being marginal at best wrt a teams success
No, under a mil in space, if that. Its to the point where most years we have to play games with sending eligible guys down to the AHL for a long weekend just to squeeze every penny out of cap space we can before the deadline so we can make an extra deal. Kochetkov is routinely a part of those cap space gamesDidn’t they have cap space this year? At the TDL they still had millions left.
1) they created deadline space by sending guys down (paper transactions) at various times and "banking" cap space.Didn’t they have cap space this year? At the TDL they still had millions left. LTIR is not coming out of the owners pocket.
Cheap teams prefer LTIR contracts, which is why Arizona had a hall of fame LTIR roster. They’re insured contracts that count against the cap to artificially boost your cap hit without spending the real dollars.
I agree with that when it comes to GM's for sureI think it's as simple as: If established and available, then not good. Otherwise if they were good they wouldn't be available. So the only way to find good GM's is to take a risk on someone who isn't established.
They've made good trades with Waddell as GM as well, though.
The run of playoffs probably doesn't start without the Hamilton trade. It was an expensive deal giving up Lindholm and Hanifin, but a young top pairing RD signed at a resonable AAV for 3 years isn't cheap.
Rask for Nino was a huge move in that first season's run to the playoffs and added a good piece for a few years.
Darling for Reimer turned a potential buyout into a legitimate backup goalie for 2 years.
He was able to bring in veterans like Burns and Pacioretty for next to nothing. Pacioretty ended up never being healthy in Carolina, but Burns has been a successful move.
He made deadline deals in 2020 for Trocheck and Skjei that stayed with the team for 2+ years and 4+ years, respectively. Good deadline deals that helped the team longer-term.
For the most part his moves have been good and he's been at least involved in some major moves where he was either outbid at the last moment (Necas+ for Tkachuk was outbid by Florida in a way Carolina couldn't match) or put a bid that was competitive out there that was rejected for another (Meier.)
Was I concerned when he was moved from hockey ops / business to GM? Yes, but Waddell's done well with the committee around him.