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Honestly, I've been happy with MacLellan
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Saturday June 23, 2018, 10:19:10 AM Eastern ---I know some people here may not like GMBM, but I've been quite pleased with his work thus far. I feel like he's done a much better job at addressing holes in our roster. Even if we had not won the Cup, I still would have giving GMBM props for some of the moves he's made.
1) Signing Niskanen and Orpik - Yes these were deals with too much term and too much salary (especially for Orpik), but you can't deny that one glaring hole we had when McPhee left was on defense. MacLellan instantly snagged up two veteran defensemen in the FA market to help bolster our defense.
2) Trading for TJ Oshie - Great trade in my opinion. We got rid of a mediocre bottom 6 player (Brouwer) who was being used in a top 6 fashion, and exchanged him for a legit top 6 winger, which was another hole we needed to fill.
3) Signing Justin Williams - Sure we didn't win the Cup with Williams on our team, but he still provided us with a solid top 6 forward and solid veteran presence. He put in a few good years for us, and IMO this is a good move regardless of whether or not you win the Cup with him.
4) Dumping Brooks Laich - This contract was killing us. We had to give up Connor Carrick and a decent draft pick for it, but dumping this anchor of a contract was another big boost for us.
5) Trading for Lars Eller - We only lost a couple of 2nd round picks for up, but he was a pretty decent pick up. He's provided our 3rd line with a solid C, and he's also shown recently that he can step up on occasion as well.
6) Trading for Kevin Shattenkirk - I know, we didn't win the Cup despite this "win now" trade. But I still do give GMBM props for having the balls to pull this off. We had an already dominant regular season team and we tried to go over the hump with a blockbuster move. I would honestly make a trade like this 9/10 times.
7) Trading for Michal Kempny - He may not be the best defenseman, but he helped solidify our defense when we were struggling with a bunch of youngsters. He also performed well enough where I hope he's back next season.
8) Dumping Brooks Orpik - I was totally on board with this signing way back. Even though the term and dollars were too much, I felt like we absolutely needed the veteran defensive presence. However, Brooks Orpik at age 33-35 or whatever is different from Brooks Orpik at age 36-37+. I'm glad we were able to clear this cap hit away
At the end of the day, no one can deny that we won a Cup with MacLellan, that he's addressed glaring holes more aggressively than McPhee (for instance, McPhee was willing to let Brooks fucking Laich be our 2C for YEARS, whereas MacLellan shored up our defense big time as his first move as GM), and he's also made another moves that have truly bolstered our roster and given us that "win now" opportunity. I never felt like that with McPhee. I always felt like McPhee would look for middle of the road players for cheap, and they rarely panned out. I'm happy to have BMac on our side.
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People like him because he makes moves that Dickless wants with entertainment being the priority.
The result is people who want entertainment swooning with man-crushes, and the zealots of The Church of Monumental regarding him as the Messiah that can walk on Red Kool-Aid.
Sure, he was the GM when we won “a” cup. So his team won 16 our of 28 in 24 games, hate to wreck the drama but that’s really all it was.
Within the past three weeks, the zealots and others have all but forgotten the times where the same team that won 16-24, was absolutely god-awful, so bad there own local commentators called them out for the same reasons over and over again. Then even in the playoffs this SAME TEAM looked like it couldn’t even of won the Fairfax Rec League Championship.
Monumental actually even warned us not to have high expectations, that this was a rebuild. Hell they where even ready to fire/not renew the coach after the playoffs because they were sure as the rest of us that it would be a quick postseason and they needed a scapegoat.
Make NO mistake Dickless, GMBetaMale, and Monumental put out a team that even they didn’t have hopes for. It was not some highly data driven lineup like The Pats do every year. The roster had to do a complete 180 of their mentality and approach for god-sake. The team that played the last 7 games, clearly was NOT the same team the 99 games before.
To credit this front office for building a cup winning team is just layman syllogistic logic through an objective lens that is devoid of data and correctly done analysis for entertainment and feelings.
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BlackIce:
I would only comment that claims of analytic skill and extreme hyperbole don't mix very well.
RavenCp:
"6) Trading for Kevin Shattenkirk - I know, we didn't win the Cup despite this "win now" trade. But I still do give GMBM props for having the balls to pull this off. We had an already dominant regular season team and we tried to go over the hump with a blockbuster move. I would honestly make a trade like this 9/10 times. "
Other than that, all worked out very well.
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Saturday June 23, 2018, 02:19:48 PM Eastern ---"6) Trading for Kevin Shattenkirk - I know, we didn't win the Cup despite this "win now" trade. But I still do give GMBM props for having the balls to pull this off. We had an already dominant regular season team and we tried to go over the hump with a blockbuster move. I would honestly make a trade like this 9/10 times. "
Other than that, all worked out very well.
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I hated that fucking trade. There were rumors the Caps were going to trade for him a couple weeks before it happened. When I heard that I was pissed. I saw him play with the Blues and the guy was a fucking joke.
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Saturday June 23, 2018, 02:33:27 PM Eastern --- I hated that fucking trade. There were rumors the Caps were going to trade for him a couple weeks before it happened. When I heard that I was pissed. I saw him play with the Blues and the guy was a fucking joke.
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Yes, instead of improving the team, we've got exactly opposite result.
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