Fair statement. Unfortunate for us, Mike burnt too many bridges as an agent and was shut out of the weasel brotherhood.Hockey Widow wrote:I have to laugh at the notion that the old boys are not weasels and MG is. I mean really? The old boys are as weasely as it gets. Integrity, really? BB, Sather and their kind will fuck you over any chance they get. But when they dislike another GM or think another GM has wronged them, like the Oilers and Penner, look out. The wrath of the old boys freezing you out or making your life difficult because they think they set the rules for the game, come banging down.
Most fraternities are the same. Thin blue line and all of that. The unwritten rules club.
Sorry you feel that my post was a "lame ass" narrative and I'm not sure what you are referring to when you state that I am re-writing history. If you could please elaborate, it would be much appreciated as your constructive criticism is always welcome.Hockey Widow wrote:
And since when did MG screw the cap? He went out and hired one of the best in the business to be our capologist. Together they did a terrific job managing the cap for us and getting us through some tricky situations. You may hate the trades he made or disliked some of his moves and non moves but he massaged the cap very well. Calgary, now there is a team that made some real cap blunders, so much so there were games one season they could not ice a full roster.
Hell Chicago made a serious blunder in not qualifying players by the deadline that put them in cap hell but even they managed to trade their way out of it, even if it did cost Tallon his job.
By the end I was with most, MG had to go. But let's not re-write history to go along with some lame ass narrative that MG was the worst thing since tofu was introduced to North America. I mean really...
I disagree with your statement of MG doing a terrific job managing the cap. Mike did good and Mike did bad. Mike did good in his early years and pretty badly in his latter years.
His good:
- Extending Burr 4Y/8M in 08/09
- Extending Edler 4Y/13M in 08/09
- Extending the Sedins 5Y/30.5M in 09/10
- Extending Kes 6Y/30M in 09/10
- Signing Sammy to a 3Y/7.5 contract in 09/10
His bad:
- Trading for Ballard in 10/11 with Ballard having 5 more years of 4.2M on his contract (resulting in a buy out)
- Trading for David Booth in 11/12 with Booth having 4 more years of 4.25 also resulting in a buy out
- Extending Burr 4Y/18M + NTC in 12/13
- Extending Edler 6M/30M + NTC in 12/13
His Meh:
- Extending Luo 12Y/64M in 09/10 resulting in a recapture penalty situation.
- Extending the Sedins 4Y/28M in 13/14.
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Did Mike do more bad than good? I think a case could be made for that.