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Schremp Howard posted:Hope y'all are ready for the next lockout because GMs can't save themselves from themselves. *Fehr, pronounced 'fear' or so I read once. His Wikipedia page says he's stil Exec. Director of the NHLPA.
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soggybagel posted:Pierre LeBrun joined the athletic and I believe Michael Russo who was a stellar loving beat writer for the Wild is about to announce that he's joining too. I think tomorrow. I wonder how this works with him still being on with TSN. Does he hold stuff back from one or the other?
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For those who were wondering when the new gear for the season is coming, a Detroit retailer just got all their Adidas NHL stuff. So, if you're looking for the jersey t-shirts, start looking.
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DJExile posted:https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/905213860788895744 idgi Are Apple watches not allowed in casinos?
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The Red Sox were caught using Apple Watches to steal the Yankees' signs.
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Krime posted:I wonder how this works with him still being on with TSN. I think I saw him say he'd come on TSN if they ask him to.
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AsInHowe posted:For those who were wondering when the new gear for the season is coming, a Detroit retailer just got all their Adidas NHL stuff. I got all of mine. 
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https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/905394059388350464 Finally, I would've probably preferred a bridge deal of some sort but $5.5Mish isn't bad. With management's talk of the Sedins' future this week, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce the contract at training camp and have Henrik hand Horvat the C.
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ThinkTank posted:https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/status/905394059388350464 I would've thought a bit less given the Wennberg contract but if they get 8 years that makes sense.
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Jordan7hm posted:I would've thought a bit less given the Wennberg contract but if they get 8 years that makes sense. Yeah, Wennberg sorta set the market and I figure after that it was just a matter of exact term and dollar figures for the Canucks and Bo. Horvat and him are fairly similar players at this juncture, but Horvat gets the bad team's future captain bonus and Wennberg takes the upcoming cup contender discount.
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Theo Fleury wrote a song that is on the Madden 18 soundtrack reminder that he had 74 points and 270 PIMs in 34 games in the EIHL during his comeback. i like to think that season consisted entirely of him alternately bullying and then scoring on much larger men thank god this footage exists although it tragically only shows the aftermath of him beating up some poor 6'3" swedish guy bewbies fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Sep 6, 2017 |
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I have vague recollections of Fleury trying to climb out of the penalty box to fight the crowd at some point. I also always thought it was really funny that Fleury was on, specifically, the Giants.
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How are the Avalanche so bad at this? https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/905439808742412289
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a false posted:it seems as though all of the teams are bad at everything The true cost of living under a salary cap.
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a false posted:it seems as though all of the teams are bad at everything The Pittsburgh Penguins are good at everything, they won the Stanley Cup twice
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Why do teams keep insisting on hiring former fan favourites into incredibly important managerial roles despite the fact that they have no experience in the role and often less than a highschool education? Sakic is a flat out terrible GM who clearly has no idea what he's doing. You'd think that the Avs would've learned that lesson already with Roy (who at least had management experience in the QMJHL), but I guess not. I also like that Thomas Vanek is #5 on that trade bait list despite the fact that he signed with the Canucks a week ago.
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ThinkTank posted:Why do teams keep insisting on hiring former fan favourites into incredibly important managerial roles despite the fact that they have no experience in the role and often less than a highschool education? Sakic is a flat out terrible GM who clearly has no idea what he's doing. You'd think that the Avs would've learned that lesson already with Roy (who at least had management experience in the QMJHL), but I guess not. The NHL, as with every other organization in life, is an old boys club. Merit matters so much less in the business world than who you know. That's how it has always been, and always will be. Organizations that make decisions based on other factors are the rarity, not the norm.
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Ginette Reno posted:The Pittsburgh Penguins are good at everything, they won the Stanley Cup twice 
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ThinkTank posted:Why do teams keep insisting on hiring former fan favourites into incredibly important managerial roles despite the fact that they have no experience in the role and often less than a highschool education? Sakic is a flat out terrible GM who clearly has no idea what he's doing. You'd think that the Avs would've learned that lesson already with Roy (who at least had management experience in the QMJHL), but I guess not. because everything is marketing look at all the columns and blogs loving begging Yzerman to come back to detroit
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Tom Sestito couldn't stop this Cup train, Reaves won't be able to either
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Ginette Reno posted:Tom Sestito couldn't stop this Cup train, Reaves won't be able to either 
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Ginette Reno posted:The NHL, as with every other organization in life, is an old boys club. Of course, but there seemed to be some sense to it until recently. I understand hiring former players to be scouts and stuff or offering the GM role to a player who learned the ropes as an AGM or in the minor leagues, but just giving the most important position in the organization to a dude who's hideously unqualified? That seems like a recent terrible move that came coupled with the shift to fan favourites as Presidents thing, and it's just so stupid. Is there one example of a former player with no managerial experience who came back to his old team and didn't immediately mess things up horribly? DJExile posted:because everything is marketing Yzerman has at least proven himself to be a worthwhile GM.
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ThinkTank posted:Of course, but there seemed to be some sense to it until recently. I understand hiring former players to be scouts and stuff or offering the GM role to a player who learned the ropes as an AGM or in the minor leagues, but just giving the most important position in the organization to a dude who's hideously unqualified? That seems like a recent terrible move that came coupled with the shift to fan favourites as Presidents thing, and it's just so stupid. Is there one example of a former player with no managerial experience who came back to his old team and didn't immediately mess things up horribly? Well Yzerman hasn't had a chance to ruin Detroit yet but he'd probably be an example of an actual good GM who probably shouldn't have just been handed a GM job. But yeah it is dumb, no doubt about that. Most of these former players have high school educations at best and little to no experience doing real work. Maybe teams are looking at Yzerman and thinking they can catch lightning in a bottle too with their former players? Not looking forward to the day Bill Guerin is Penguins GM but at least he has been working as an AGM for a while and might not be a complete disaster.
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Ginette Reno posted:Well Yzerman hasn't had a chance to ruin Detroit yet but he'd probably be an example of an actual good GM who probably shouldn't have just been handed a GM job. Stevie is legitimately a smart guy, very curious, and a forward thinker. He isn't running the team like teams he played for, for obvious reasons. DJExile posted:look at all the columns and blogs loving begging Yzerman to come back to detroit look at my post history look at all the FIRE KEN HOLLAND posts
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yeah holland blows but nobody is turning the wings around anytime soon, no matter how good a GM they are
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ok I made the fantasy hockey thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3833284
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ThinkTank posted:Yzerman has at least proven himself to be a worthwhile GM. Dan Girardi for $3.5 mill! Also ran St Louis and Drouin out of town for better or worse
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Levitate posted:Also ran St Louis and Drouin out of town for better or worse Good
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ThinkTank posted:Of course, but there seemed to be some sense to it until recently. I understand hiring former players to be scouts and stuff or offering the GM role to a player who learned the ropes as an AGM or in the minor leagues, but just giving the most important position in the organization to a dude who's hideously unqualified? That seems like a recent terrible move that came coupled with the shift to fan favourites as Presidents thing, and it's just so stupid. Is there one example of a former player with no managerial experience who came back to his old team and didn't immediately mess things up horribly? As someone said, hockey is a "good ole boys" club. The Flyers are guilty of it, they moved Clarke right from player to GM.
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Jeff. Get the Duchene. Jeff pls.
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bewbies posted:the best GM would be an SASNHL democracy But most of us are idiots
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I am confident that I can be a better GM than Sakic and Holland.
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yellowcar posted:I am confident that I can be a better GM than Sakic and Holland. I absolutely know I can be a better GM than Holland, simply with basic numbers.
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I'm a go and say I would vastly overstimate my abilities as a GM and would probably be crushed by the reality of having to deal with a bunch of early-20s millionaires blowing their money on cars, booze, and drugs getting an attitude about how and who they want to play with really loving up a monstrous amount of negotiations and contract signings. You play with a lot of people with absolutely lovely attitudes and personalities in small-town dek hockey leagues, I can't imagine what it's like when it's a bunch of young people who have always felt better that everyone on the teams around them suddenly trying to grow up in the NHL around everyone being better than them.
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