Canuck Surfer Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, mll said: He said it in his post-trade interview. Good thing he is Arizona's GM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Canuck Surfer said: Good thing he is Arizona's GM... Chayka = Overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Still remember Chayka at his first draft. Making moves and strutting around like he was the only GM there with the answers. Media darling and proclaimed winner of the draft. Phhff. Betcha veteran GMs were rolling their eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 9 hours ago, mephnick said: These days? Load up with talent and hope a decent goalie gets hot at the right time and win games 4-3.You don't need a Price to win a Cup, you need Toews and Kane. 5 years ago Toews and Kane were cup contenders, not so much anymore. Time is catching up and their teammates are of lesser ability now, as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, gurn said: 5 years ago Toews and Kane were cup contenders, not so much anymore. Time is catching up and their teammates are of lesser ability now, as well Toews is a shadow of himself. He's a great player but very, very, overpaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 That Ariz-option is to help US franchises that are cap-strapped. Details, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 12/31/2017 at 3:49 PM, Nuxfanabroad said: Both these franchises seemed to have recently had(now extinguished!) fairly lofty ambitions, merely wks ago. Whether that was hallucinatory, is probably a separate question.. For their respective GM's, that's now all quickly morphed into desperation. Questions: 1- Which franchise will sink lower/for longer? 2- Is either GM gonna make next season? 3- Which team sells more key pieces, prior to this yr's draft? Will either team "scorch earth" it, right down to the roots? 4- What's the nastiest issue(s) facing either team, in hopes of a rebuild? ***BONUS Question*** You're given a 5 yr contract to ride in(as GM) & save either team. A Benning-special! Which one would you want? How would you go about it? (this might first require a wreckin' ball kiddies..let's keep this civil, with compassion for our Ott, Mtl fan-counterparts) I'll post my own feelings in a bit, if this thing has legs. Kinda' sad, these are two Cdn franchises that I like to see do well..but I'll bet one little sneaky, wh*ring NY lawyer is havin' a ball. Why not include Edmonton in this who have more NMContracts and seemingly been able to take the world's best player and have him do nothing at all to lead the team anywhere now that he is checked like he is the world's best player? Montreal and Ottawa can seemingly change things around even more quickly than Edmonton - neither of the former have contracts to Lucic and similar to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Rob_Zepp said: Why not include Edmonton in this who have more NMContracts and seemingly been able to take the world's best player and have him do nothing at all to lead the team anywhere now that he is checked like he is the world's best player? Montreal and Ottawa can seemingly change things around even more quickly than Edmonton - neither of the former have contracts to Lucic and similar to deal with. Actually mentioned Edm/Chia-pet(back near bottom of page 1, I think?). I've heard other posters(here & other sites) claim Cdn franchises generally have to pay 5~10% on contracts(especially stars) more than their US counterparts(mostly attributable to higher taxes). Would you agree this is true? Seems Cdn teams get cap-crunched more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Nuxfanabroad said: Actually mentioned Edm/Chia-pet(back near bottom of page 1, I think?). I've heard other posters(here & other sites) claim Cdn franchises generally have to pay 5~10% on contracts(especially stars) more than their US counterparts(mostly attributable to higher taxes). Would you agree this is true? Seems Cdn teams get cap-crunched more often. I don't agree. Take Horvat's or the Sedin's contracts (when they signed), they are both examples of paying probably below market. That may well be true for people having to live in Edmonton but I don't think that is true for places like Vancouver or Montreal. Toronto - that may be a different story. Calgary - pretty nice place for the most part too. Winnipeg - wow, hard to live in a fridge for that many months but I don't think their contracts are out of whack with rest of league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 By now, had expected at least 1 of these 2 sad-sacks to cr*p, or get off the pot. Why so quiet, OTT/Habbies? Have handcuffs been placed on the GM's? Surely they can't be waiting for TDL's last moments? CDC needs deals to analyze..get busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derr12 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 My uncle was a massive habs fan. ALS took him before they got bad. Hes probably spinning in his grave so fast right now he could generate power. I had such high hopes for them a couple years ago. I think ottawa turns it around faster with the same GM. Montreal gets a new one in the off season for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Last I checked Drouin has less points than Sergachev. So my pick goes to Montreal as the bigger disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I'd take Ottawa on for a rebuild. They have many good pieces. Mtl has a long ways to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Wow, these two sad-sack stories, still only separated by 1 point. There should be an investigation into the operative-tactics of both orgs. Veteran-laden rosters, that(pre-season) were supposed to be in the hunt, & they're spirallin' the loo. Unacceptable for them to angle in/meddle with our completely honourable stealth-tank! On 2018年2月4日 at 2:03 AM, hammertime said: I'd take Ottawa on for a rebuild. They have many good pieces. Mtl has a long ways to go. Well, they got the jump on the Habbies, by moving slowpoke Pha9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 So OTT is jumping to trades. MTL is cashing in on LTIR's to stars. Two turtles fighting to the bitter end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 On 2018年1月1日 at 8:49 AM, Nuxfanabroad said: Both these franchises seemed to have recently had(now extinguished!) fairly lofty ambitions, merely wks ago. Whether that was hallucinatory, is probably a separate question.. For their respective GM's, that's now all quickly morphed into desperation. Questions: 1- Which franchise will sink lower/for longer? 2- Is either GM gonna make next season? 3- Which team sells more key pieces, prior to this yr's draft? Will either team "scorch earth" it, right down to the roots? 4- What's the nastiest issue(s) facing either team, in hopes of a rebuild? ***BONUS Question*** You're given a 5 yr contract to ride in(as GM) & save either team. A Benning-special! Which one would you want? How would you go about it? (this might first require a wreckin' ball kiddies..let's keep this civil, with compassion for our Ott, Mtl fan-counterparts) I'll post my own feelings in a bit, if this thing has legs. Kinda' sad, these are two Cdn franchises that I like to see do well..but I'll bet one little sneaky, wh*ring NY lawyer is havin' a ball. Feel this deserves a bump. It has long felt these two careening craft are crashing to earth in parallel-descent. Also makes me wonder again whether this league LIKES observing Cdn franchises in smoldering ashes? Meanwhile, funnel their top talent(& top picks) to bandwagon, oft disinterested, mercurial, conditionally-loving, southern fanbases, with comparable interests as diverse as fishing, stock cars & card games? Increasingly appears a rigged deck-league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 only one i feel sorry for since burrows got bought out is gallagher he does not deserve this grief habs should trade him to a professional franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua59 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 12/31/2017 at 3:49 PM, Nuxfanabroad said: Both these franchises seemed to have recently had(now extinguished!) fairly lofty ambitions, merely wks ago. Whether that was hallucinatory, is probably a separate question.. For their respective GM's, that's now all quickly morphed into desperation. Questions: 1- Which franchise will sink lower/for longer? 2- Is either GM gonna make next season? 3- Which team sells more key pieces, prior to this yr's draft? Will either team "scorch earth" it, right down to the roots? 4- What's the nastiest issue(s) facing either team, in hopes of a rebuild? ***BONUS Question*** You're given a 5 yr contract to ride in(as GM) & save either team. A Benning-special! Which one would you want? How would you go about it? (this might first require a wreckin' ball kiddies..let's keep this civil, with compassion for our Ott, Mtl fan-counterparts) I'll post my own feelings in a bit, if this thing has legs. Kinda' sad, these are two Cdn franchises that I like to see do well..but I'll bet one little sneaky, wh*ring NY lawyer is havin' a ball. Great off season topic. It's tempting to throw Edmonton in the mix because of their long mud spin. Long before last season's flop. Yet looking at Montreal and Ottawa There appears to be no foundational player in which to pin a fan's hope to. Like what's with Montreal? The leadership is a disaster. I'm amazed the GM has made it this far. (see -feels like Edmonton with names like Kevin Lowe and MacTavish coming to mind. While these 2 were winning Cups many of the present NHL executives were in business school. ) Then Ottawa. Another strange owner. Maybe one of the strangest. After the recent nightmare why would anyone want to sign. Even Alex Burrows weighed in, someone who holds some validity to the situation. Once again poor leadership. Being a Canucks fan I kind of enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ottawa: Crappy Owner/Crappy Location/Crappy GM. Montreal: Great owner/Great location and venue/Psycho GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Montreal: Great owner/Great location and venue/Psycho GM. je ne parle pas francais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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