Speculation: Who should be the new GM of the Washington Capitals?
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Langway
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I agree but I think Vancouver's situation also applies. He was interviewed a little while ago and his timeframe then was mid-May. Now he's pushed it back a bit and it has to be due to these unsettled GM spots.
Hivemind
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I think you may be right about Belanger. While he's generally a credible source, he's pretty limited to French Canadien and Montreal stories. It's not often that he gets scoops from outside of there.
Langway
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He tends to have a pipeline on league info as well (suspensions, contracts, waivers).
1st to report the Seguin trade and the Luongo trade. In my opinion he's the 2nd most reliable behind Bob Mac and just ahead of Kypreos.
ChibiPooky
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There's kind of a general idea out there from a couple people including Friedman that the Caps are waiting on the Wizards to be eliminated to make a buzz.
It's plausible that tthey have their guy lined up and are just waiting to announce it. Hershey just renewed their affiliation and I remember them not wanting to do that until the GM was in place.
If that's the case, I would think coach interviews are already lined up and/or being discussed as well.
It's plausible that tthey have their guy lined up and are just waiting to announce it. Hershey just renewed their affiliation and I remember them not wanting to do that until the GM was in place.
If that's the case, I would think coach interviews are already lined up and/or being discussed as well.
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I wouldn't read too much into the affiliation being renewed. It was close a few weeks ago so it seemed like it was going to happen regardless of what happens at the GM position.
ChibiPooky
Yay hockey!
Too late!
I already have and will continue to read too much into everything until an announcement is made
Feaster? that is my nightmare
Most fans are afraid of him being hired. Button is another I'm worried about.
Hivemind
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Fair enough. Guess he's built up his contacts more in recent years. Hopefully the list he named isn't exhaustive. It certainly makes sense for the Capitals to do their due dilligence on recently ousted GMs, so long as they didn't limit their search to those three names.
Brian23
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Question, if Bylsma and Shero are fired would people be against both of them being brought in? If we retain the same scouting staff I think you can limit Shero's biggest weakness, though I'm not sure I'm totally down with both of them (or either of them) but I think its better then some of the linked possibilities.
fedfed
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Shero's picks in the last six Drafts played in 240 NHL games. McPhee's picks over the same span played total of 1148.
Shero made a few disastrous acquisitions for almost useless veteran players (Morrow, Murray) both of whom were significant overpayments.
Shero has a history of having the dirtiest players in the league on his team (Jarkko Ruutu, Matt Cooke, James Neal).
That all leads me to belief Shero has a mentality of an old-fashioned hockey fan who believes that having older players and playing dirty helps you win. He lives in the goonery of the 80s.
Shero managed to waste some of the best years of Crosby and Malkin.
That's not to mention Shero seems to have tried all NHL players at wings of Crosby and Malkin. That list includes Jussi Jokinen, Lee Stempniak, Tyler Kennedy, Matt Cooke, Max Talbot, Arron Asham, Zach Boychuk, Beau Bennett. This list is not full, and that's over the last four seasons.
Long story shrt, when adversity came, he failed to come up with answers like Stan Bowman did with the Blackhawks. I don't see much difference between him and McPhee.
Shero made a few disastrous acquisitions for almost useless veteran players (Morrow, Murray) both of whom were significant overpayments.
Shero has a history of having the dirtiest players in the league on his team (Jarkko Ruutu, Matt Cooke, James Neal).
That all leads me to belief Shero has a mentality of an old-fashioned hockey fan who believes that having older players and playing dirty helps you win. He lives in the goonery of the 80s.
Shero managed to waste some of the best years of Crosby and Malkin.
That's not to mention Shero seems to have tried all NHL players at wings of Crosby and Malkin. That list includes Jussi Jokinen, Lee Stempniak, Tyler Kennedy, Matt Cooke, Max Talbot, Arron Asham, Zach Boychuk, Beau Bennett. This list is not full, and that's over the last four seasons.
Long story shrt, when adversity came, he failed to come up with answers like Stan Bowman did with the Blackhawks. I don't see much difference between him and McPhee.
stanleycaps18
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NobodyBeatsTheWiz
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Yeah, Not a huge fan of Shero. He did a decent job of finishing that team after the rebuild, but has done a terrible job since.
Bylsma? I dunno. Kinda the same deal. He made the one run, which was likely at least partially due to the new coach bump, and has done nothing since.
I'd be fine with either one, I guess, since they both have some winning experience. But that wouldn't excite me in the least.
Bylsma? I dunno. Kinda the same deal. He made the one run, which was likely at least partially due to the new coach bump, and has done nothing since.
I'd be fine with either one, I guess, since they both have some winning experience. But that wouldn't excite me in the least.
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Not trying to isolate you or defend Shero, but this metric of NHL games played is bollocks. A team with a lot of veterans is not going to play a lot of draft picks, and a team playing a lot of its draft picks doesn't mean it's drafting well or playing well. It simply means it's playing a lot of its draft picks.
NobodyBeatsTheWiz
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That's true to an extent, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a team with fewer GP from those drafts. Detroit, Boston, Chicago, LA, Rangers, Philadelphia, San Jose, and Vancouver were all veteran teams over the same time frame and all beat that number (and most dwarf it). He's been a pretty horrendous drafter.
Also, Pittsburgh had 6 players aged 24 or younger (in line with those drafts) get 20+ games this season.
fedfed
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It just means that Shero didn't draft many players that were good enough for the NHL, while McPhee did.
g00n
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I know that's what some say it means, but that's not what it means, as I explained in the post you replied to.
when you're talking about a span of 6 years, you should probably have more than 240 games, veterans or not...That's only 3 seasons of games among what ~60 players and 210 seasons?
BrooklynCapsFan
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BobRouse
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Shero has not drafted well thats evident. Guys like Letang, MAF, Crosby, Malkin, Talbot, Orpik, Scuderi part I were all in place and were drafted by Patrick I believe.
This years Pens team lost because they have lost alot of snarl! Pretty much the exact opposite of what you are implying.
Guys like Ruutu and Cooke have not been replaced. Neal is on and off. He doesn't bring the anger game in and game out. That was the knock on him in Dallas. Their entire bottom 6 is a mess! Jussi Jokinen and Lee Stempniak are soft as butter and floaters who play in the top 6.
And lets be real here:
The Pens have a cup, a finals appearence and made it to the ECF last year.
In 2010-2011 pretty much half their team was hurt and out for the playoffs (Crosby and Malkin were both out for the year)
In 2009-2010 they got Halaked. Just like us. That happens.
People act as if they are some failure team.
NOTE: There are OTHER teams out there that are darn good too who are competing for a cup. Sometimes those teams win.
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