wtf mate
Supposed to be a boy wonder - like Paul DePodesta...
Yup.
He's probably going to be the mold of future general managers. Wouldn't be surprised at all if he becomes a GM in the next 5 years.
Supposed to be a boy wonder - like Paul DePodesta...
better than hiring retreads that have no vision , or old clowns who will only hire their cronies , solid move and I hate the Laffs
I don't get how you can preach change in philosophy and culture if you keep the same GM and coach?
Leafs needed to get rid of Nonis and Carlyle and go from there
I completely agree.
Only thing that makes sense to me is if Shanahan just intended to let the chips fall where they may this year and likely get another top 10 pick. Then can Nonis and Carlyle next summer. I would've done it right away personally but perhaps he sees someone out there that might not be available til next summer. We've been hearing he didn't intend to let go Loiselle or Poulin til next summer but Dubas was about to be hired by another team.
I still don't understand why you give Carlyle an extension, though. Sure, it's nice to try to quiet the media talking about a lame duck coach, but I can't imagine anyone in a front office would give up how many million just to possibly appease the media? Especially since it seems like it has such a huge potential to backfire.
Hockey helmets could be on the verge of a radical makeover:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/s...ty-hockey-helmets-going-under-microscope.html
He never said he's keeping them, he's just giving them a chance to show what they can do - both Nonis & Carlyle have lost their comfort zones, the former lost his Assistant GMs, and the latter lost his longtime assistant coach, as Shanahan has put "his people" in both spots. Gainey did the same thing offering up an extension to Julien, the kiss of death, not if but when...I don't get how you can preach change in philosophy and culture if you keep the same GM and coach?
Leafs needed to get rid of Nonis and Carlyle and go from there
give him a few years and he is a retread crony as well.
again the all encompassing fear of the Leafs raises its head.
If we hired someone like that there would cries that again we hired someone with no experience and why is a franchise like ours always giving someone his first job at the GM table etc
Anyone else think that it's beyond weird that in the more than 3 years that Kevin Cheveldayoff has been the Jets GM he has yet to trade a single Jets roster player for a roster player from another NHL team? What does this guy do all day? MB would be getting hammered from all sides in Montreal if that was him.
"We're rebuilding through the draft" usually buys 3-yrs. I think he'll make a few trades, his job is on the line, this being yr-4...Anyone else think that it's beyond weird that in the more than 3 years that Kevin Cheveldayoff has been the Jets GM he has yet to trade a single Jets roster player for a roster player from another NHL team? What does this guy do all day? MB would be getting hammered from all sides in Montreal if that was him.