Dazzle
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I see that you didn't even answer my post. Benning surely deserves blame, but to cast this on him for poor coaching decisions and strategies is hilarity. That's why jobs are specialized. If Benning was good at coaching, he'd be coaching, yes? You can't be a leader without faithfully passing on the responsibilities to people who are supposedly better at the job than the average person. This is why kings should not be engineers of boats, which is how that Swedish ship sunk after 10 minutes of sailing.
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It's not so much an excuse, but an explanation. Sure, the cap management has always been questionable, but the above situations have made certain situations more difficult, namely bringing back Toffoli. At the same time, people have been rightfully roasting Benning for his signings, but curiously have been advocating him to do the same thing with Markstrom, Tanev and/or Toffoli. Is this not cap management by saving money from not signing long term deals? You can't criticize a GM for overpaying by suggesting that he should overpay people in free agency. Furthermore, had Toffoli struggled like Miller has, you can bet ppl would be ready to roast Benning. There is obviously a bias against him to blame him at every turn is my point.
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(Rumour) Virtanen on the trade block
Dazzle replied to Wayne Glensky's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Someone here is talking about logic, but this is the same person who disputes evidence contrary to his position as "half a draft list". https://editorinleaf.com/2014/06/23/2014-nhl-draft-profile-jake-virtanen/ Corey Pronman (ESPN): 11 International Scouting Services: 7 Future Considerations: 10 Central Scouting – North American Skaters: 6 Craig Button (TSN): 43 Hockey Prospect: 18 Bob McKenzie (TSN): 8 No, Provost, I am not engaging with you. This is just proof that some posters' "logic" is flat out dishonest. Constantly shifting argument parameters to make your argument fit is why it's dishonest. That is the point of my post. I do not intend to speak to Provost about his rebuttals. -
The commentator is Jim Hughson and he was especially notable for GREAT SAVE CLOUTIERRRRR.
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(Rumour) Virtanen on the trade block
Dazzle replied to Wayne Glensky's topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
All teams have cap problems. Simply pointing out that we have cap problems is about the least helpful contribution someone can make about a situation. You don't get rid of cap problems that easily because - get what? Other teams have cap problems. Therefore, getting low value for what is perceived to be a cap problem is exactly how you get hosed in a trade. Virtanen is not worth much, so you'll either get a cap dump for him, or a really unsavouringly low pick. And people here already feel like Benning isn't the best trader. Selling low will solidify this 'reputation' further. -
[Waivers] Brett Connolly, Alex Stalock
Dazzle replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Seems like goalies are sought after than forwards. I think this is the third one this season. -
A certain poster is crying that his name was mentioned a couple of times, but I didn't engage with the poster, as promised. If only he could comprehend what he was reading, he'd understand instead of blabbering. I was merely discussing what had been taking place, in order to talk to kilgore. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Yeah, that's fair. JB has made more than enough mistakes to be judged for that. I think it's an interesting take to say that the mistakes he's made are at least partially attributable to Gillis' mishandling of prospect development. But definitely not an "excuse" for JB.
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This is a logic that doesn't make sense. If we saw ahead of time that they'll pick a player, does that mean he is necessarily "better" than another player? Maybe the player fits a team's need more (i.e Barret Hayton), which was a reach of a pick at the time. However, he's looking to be a good pick after the fact. https://thehockeywriters.com/barrett-hayton-2018-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/ Barrett's pick was rated as high as a 9, but most of the other picks had him later in the first round. If we thought about players like Provost does, he'll just say it's a horrible pick because of what scouts said. Yet he's proven to the Coyotes that he was a good pick in hindsight. Risky picky, but one that paid off. Look at it using the Pettersson pick. I think it's safe to say most people did not know he'll end up being one of the best players in that draft thus far, outshining higher picks like Hischier and Patrick. So we can evaluate a player in hindsight all day long, like Provost has been doing, but he'll never be able to explain what makes a player "better" or worse, other than him not being rated higher or lower by scouts. He's tried so hard to make himself sound right, it really is as painful to read as he says. But I am done with talking to someone who doesn't use his brain for anything else than to rehash what he originally stated, and calling everyone else irrational.