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Gus shot first!!

I'm with the others saying you can't judge Brunner by this season. Next year is going to be crazy different.
Also don't care if he is skinny, Gretzky was skinny. Haha no comparison between the two, Brunner can put on weight though so I'm not worried about that.

Rooting for one's team to lose says more about the fan than the team.

can we make bets how long he last before he gets injured 

 

quicker then sammy

Someone posted a really legit explanation a ways back. Darren Eliot is cheaper and fresher. American economics 101. Too many cooks in the kitchen? Get rid of the more expensive non essential.

It also explains why godawful Keating is still employed. He simply does too many things to be expendable.

 

That and it also goes back to the American Economics 101 you were talking about; 

 

The more friends and connections you make up in high places, the more money you make and the more secure your job becomes, regardless of how horrible you are at it.

I have to admit, this was a damn good post.  I really cannot say you were incorrect in any of your assessments.

 

We really cannot say that Holland is a great post cap GM just as we can't say Yzerman is the same in Tampa Bay.  The truly good GMs of the cap era are the ones that make the playoffs every year IMHO.  Thats really all you can ask for.  You cannot predict how a team will gel.  You cannot predict chemistry.  The days of the dynasty are over in the NHL.  The new dynasty is making the playoffs, which the Wings have done for 20+ straight seasons, which is a record.

The NHL instituted a salary cap in 2005.  The Wings have made the playoffs every year, won a Stanley Cup, made it to game 7 of the Stanely Cup finals, several conference finals and we can't say Holland is a great post cap GM?  Who would be then?

According to Sir Ansarr Khaannnn Ken Holland will be making some sort of splash at the deadline as long as we are in full stride, winning games and in serious playoff contention.

I got in a bar fight and out of honor to 'the fight' i chose not to duck and  I let the guy break two mugs over my head so he wouldnt hit his hand  on the bar and hurt himself! I felt really good about it while I was in the hospital recovering....thats how it is when your married to the streets!

For how terrible Minny is supposed to be, won't they leapfrog us tonightin the standings with a win?

Edited due to autocorrect stupidity.

Haha, you caught it but thanks for the laugh there. I needed it after watching that period.

Columbus fans say the team always lacked finish; they can't say that now.

And his mom and dad are there! What a thrill for all of them!

Go Brunner!

Holy sh**...... Brunner!

Cheering injuries is really pathetic. I don't care how bad you think a player is. He's a human being.

Who was the GM before Holland????? Bowman.  Brian Murray also made improvements prior to Bowman taking over for him.

Fact:  Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Filppula, Kronwall, Franzen, Quincey, Eriksson, Helm, Howard, Hudler, Abdelkader, Smith, and Nyquist were all scouted and drafted by people not named Scotty Bowman.  Datsyuk was the first of those listed to be drafted (1998).  Ken Holland was named sole GM of the team in 1997.  Scotty Bowman didn't have s*** to do with it.

Nobody is trying to undermine what Scotty did for the team, but to suggest that Holland has not drafted anyone worth a damn during his tenure, and that all the success the team has seen under Holland should really be given to Bowman is retarded.

Bowman was the GM from 1993-1997.  Here's a quick look at his most prominant drafts:
Anders Eriksson
Norm Maracle
Mathieu Dandenault
Tomas Holmstrom
Yuri Butsayev

Additionally, Yzerman, Osgood, Fedorov, Konstantinov, Kozlov, Primeau, McCarty, Lidstrom, and Lapointe were all drafted before Scotty joined the organization.

Your honor, I rest my case.

If Bowman's influence were so substantial and so grand, then the Blackhawks would be a much better team right now.

Some of you are far too intent on finding someone to blame.