Yeah, what an asshat that Holmgren is. If I was Carter I'd be pissed that he dealt me to Columbus.RoyalDude wrote:Potatoe1 wrote:Holmgren is such a bad, bad, bad man. An evil doer. Like the players have always been loyal and class acts. What are you Pot, Tony Gallagher now, the players are angels and the GM's are bad people??? I'm sure with massive amount of money that Carter and Richards will be making over the length of their contracts thanks to the Flyers organization I would think that it will help them through this very difficult time in their lives.RoyalDude wrote: Nope.
What Holmgren did was clasless.thing to do.
Giving players your word that you wont trade them if they sign early, then moving them almost imediatly is incredibly douchey.
I cant believe Weber and his agent were willing to take a handshake deal with Holmgren.
If I was Richards I would have been thrilled to go to the West Coast, make my millions, and actually play with some talent that is backed up by a reliable goaltender......oh yeah, and then win a Cup in my first season with the team.
Worked out for Carter in the end too.
The only guy who should really hate Holmgren is Johnson. If not for those trades, LA never gets Richards, and then Columbus never gets Johnson for Carter. Holmgren turned LA into a Cup winner and in a round about way landed Johnson in a Bluejackets jersey.