FIRE LUC

[Statue4Deano]

On the latest 32 Thoughts Freidman said a lot of teams are going to try and make big trades this offseason and there are going to be some disappointed fanbases when their GMs couldn’t do more. There are only so many players that will be available.

We can only wait and see. Ducks are significantly ahead of the Sharks. They also have a serious trade chip in McTavish. He is not a top 6 center on the Ducks yet he should be considered that on another team. Verbeek traded the right young players in Zegras and Drysdale to actually improve the roster. I think he’ll do it again.

Sharks clearly have young pieces to trade, but they need more help than the Ducks do, especially on defense.

SEA and CAL both need to decide whether they are stepping back to rebuild or continue to try and be a playoff team. Talking central, the same applies to NSH and StL.

I believe there is a potential for the Kings to improve but it is going to require a truly deft touch by Holland and even some luck. Gauthier wanted out of PHI for example just as Panarin wanted to be a King. Long way to go until June.

Biggest issue for Holland is he doesn’t have the prospects to make a big trade for a prime aged or younger player. All he’s got is draft picks and some prospects with lower ceilings.

 

[Clif]

Biggest issue for Holland is he doesn’t have the prospects to make a big trade for a prime aged or younger player. All he’s got is draft picks and some prospects with lower ceilings.

Exactly the problem. Why a Petterson reclamation project sounds like the most viable solution at center, and he’s still going to cost more than people think because there will be competition for every center.

Imagine the haul Larkin will pull if he is traded.

Draft picks are valued more than they used to be (or should be). I am looking at TOR and NSH. But this summer feels way unpredictable.

 

[Moog]

If they let Luc go (and they should), they should let everyone else go. Holland, Emerson, Murray, the coaching staff, maybe even Yanetti. No holdovers. Just let the new President select his management team and coaching staff and go from there.

Danny B. is never going to do that. Luc (on purpose) made Holland a "poison pill"

Luc kept the coach, but hired a new GM. This allowed Luc to have more people thrown under the bus before they get to him. They are not going to fire Holland one year into his contract....Luc knew this, and it buys him time.

To keep Luc the furthest away from being fired he puts more dominoes in front of him on staggered contracts. It's what "smart" (inept) management does. They are poor managers, but brilliant at deflection.

Fire old GM and hire new GM, but keep old coach. No new GM wants the bad old coach, so Luc knows he won't last, and the firing and hiring of yet another coach is on the new GM's watch. Luc absolves himself of the hiring and firing of the coaching staff leaving it to Holland.

EVERYONE with how understand competent management in sports knows that if you have a bad GM and a bad coach you fire both at the same time and start over with a new GM and his new coach pick.

Inept management only wants to save their skin, so they stagger the positions under staggered contracts.

This is not new to AEG, it's how they run their sports teams.

 

[ICE24]

Exactly the problem. Why a Petterson reclamation project sounds like the most viable solution at center, and he’s still going to cost more than people think because there will be competition for every center.

Imagine the haul Larkin will pull if he is traded.

Draft picks are valued more than they used to be (or should be). I am looking at TOR and NSH. But this summer feels way unpredictable.

I don't see Petterson making other players better. I don't like his body language and or attitude on the ice. I would rather develop a 1c in the minors than take a chance on Petterson. No need to give Vancouver a way out.

 

[Statue4Deano]

Rosen taking shots at Luc again.

 

[Clif]

I don't see Petterson making other players better. I don't like his body language and or attitude on the ice. I would rather develop a 1c in the minors than take a chance on Petterson. No need to give Vancouver a way out.

Trading for Petterson would concern me also. I do not see many options, so I am hoping other options exist I can’t see.

 

[MiketheKing]

Rosen taking shots at Luc again.

Rosen, not a huge name, to take shots at a big figurehead says a lot--He's willing to put his neck out there to warn others about how incompetent LUC is behind closed doors. I believe Rosen in Luc's results speak for themselves.