esteef

Accident, because it was a defected puck from his own teammate. I'm positive he didn't purposely want his face to get rocked by a 60+ mph piece of rubber.

 

Maybe he heard pucks taste good and couldn't help himself?

 

esteef

Playoffs!  Never give up the ship!

 

esteef

So he needs to rebuild the farm for the first time in 20 years AND spend assets on the present? And it's entirely his fault when there aren't many good free agents---an effect of the CBA---and when extra considerations spur the two of note to another team? And he must do all of this is a system that constantly works against consistent success?

 

The guy isn't perfect, but you're arguing that his performance needs to reside in the realm of the miraculous. You should consider lowering your expectations.

 

Typical.  But but but everyone's against him!  But but there's no good players!  Poor Kenny Holland!  There were players available, Kenny's just too cheap and too in love with his players to make a move and tarnish that reputation that the talking heads on tv keep bringing up from years past.  Kenny's record as a whole looks good, but the last 3-4 years, no so much.

 

esteef

That's called "grit".

esteef

We don't have enough skill on the top lines because we have the Best GM in the league.  NHL.com said so.

 

esteef

It's painful to watch how good Hossa is playing today.

esteef

Agree to disagree I suppose, while I do agree Kenny has made some questionable signings, I like that we are rebuilding and still within reach of a playoff position, and with a deep draft upcoming I am happy he didn't trade our picks away anyways. We all would love to see the wings win another cup, but I would rather it not come at the expense of our teams future. Nyquist is looking great, Tatar had a great run, Sheahan will be a great physical grinder. We have Frk, Pulkinin, Jurco, Sproul, Ouellet, Mrazek, Patterson and others in the pipeline that could potentially be stars one day, so I like the way our future team could look.

For the "Best GM in the league" winning now and nurturing the future shouldn't be mutually exclusive.  To not make any signifcant moves to better the chances of winning for the current team for the past couple of years and just say "but our farm looks good" is as the above poster said, a copout.

esteef

Non-calls for the Blues, all calls for the Hawks. Situation normal.

esteef

Would you rather he sell the farm to get a couple rentals?

 

This cliche is about as overused here as "I like our team".

 

It's also interesting that you left LA out of that list you made of teams that made big moves (Carter, Richards, etc), and yet they won the Cup because of them and are still looking good this year.  Chicago has recovered quite nicely from their after-Cup fire sale to be a top contender again and Pittsburgh barely gave up anything for their "rentals" this year.  I would say those GMs have done a nice job.

 

esteef

I don't even try to figure out why Babs does what Babs does anymore; it makes my head hurt. But the kool-aid drinkers say he's "the best coach in hockey", so who are we no-nothings to question his infinite wisdom. 

 

Same with Holland.  I like them both but sometimes they make me wanna scratch my eyes out!

 

esteef

Kenny's made changes alright, I mean he brought in guys like Commodore.

esteef

Of course its Eddie O. Of course.

esteef

The Dekeyser signing has really fired me up. I gotta be honest. Kenny earned some points with me on that one.

 

DeKeyser was practically wearing a Wings jersey to Toronto to be pawed at by the other suitors.  The kid wanted to be a Wing from the start, all Kenny had to do was not screw it up.  It's not like Kenny could've been outbid for him by other GMs due to the entry level contract because you know he probably would have been.  I'm glad we got DK but he basically jumped into Kenny's lap.

 

esteef

Torres running around already.  Good thing Tootoo is in the press box.

 

esteef

Shoot the f***in puck!!!!!!!!!

esteef