All those assets you mention with the exception of Forsberg really would not impact Quebec that much. Lindros would have had a stellar career with Quebec/Colorado and a shoe in for HHOF.
Fucking disgrace!!!!
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No they wouldn't, Lindros has always been a toxic element. The Flyers (a team I hate) would have gotten Forsberg, with the core they had they would have won the Cup several times.
I doubt the league is happy with McDavid in a marketing wasteland like Edmonton. Connor looked miserable about the result as well.
Alas, the Leafs were very close. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-getting-connor-mcdavid-at-nhl-draft-lottery/
Alas, the Leafs were very close. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-getting-connor-mcdavid-at-nhl-draft-lottery/
Lindros had a stellar career with the Flyers as well. Head injuries did him in. With his style of play, that would have happened with any team. Those assets turned around a franchise going nowhere and contributed to 2 stanley cups and years of dominance. Colorado probably would not have gotten Patrick Roy without that trade.
Do you blame him playing in front of the worst defense in the league. He probably knows what Taylor Hall has been going through, his body has taken the equivalent of abuse of an 8 year veteran.
That's too simplistic. The management definitely bears a lot of responsibility for the team not improving at all. However it is also obvious by now that Hall, Eberle & Nugent-Hopkins are not in the class of Crosby & Malkin nor will they ever be.
It is however undeniable that youth & draft picks can not change a team's fortunes by themselves. You still need to acquire leaders and role-model players. Not just role models in the dressing room or on the plane. but guys who can still command the respect on the ice by outplaying the young guys more than a few times.
Lindros never learned to skate with his head up, that's what did him in. He didn't have to until he got to the pros, by then it was too late.
There is a way to get past the tankorama we've endured this season. Have the bottom 5 teams get a 10% shot at the first round pick each. Then make it order of depreciating percentile for the rest of the teams who didn't make the playoffs.
No way. They got Forsberg in that trade. He was a major part of those cup wins.
One thing the Lindros saga reminded us is that hockey is a team sport. No player is bigger than the team. It's a cliche, but too many forget too often. It's nice to have hockey demigods like Gretzky or Crosby or Mario on the team, but without a mobile defense, decent goalie and third and fourth line of note, just forget it.
Absolutely. These owners are a tight bunch and unless they're getting their cocks sucked they're going to hold their grudges. And I think Eric is too old, fat and proud these days to get on his knees.
Looks like the Oilers are getting ready to clean house at the top. Many of the GMs and coaches that are available are being interviewed so if they finally make a big change at the top it would send McDavid and all the other young talent that ownership is serious about turning things around. It would be a good move for the youngsters.
The Oilers problem lies with the owner, he loves to hang on to his boyhood idols, McTavish has to go, stop using former Oilers as front office management, hire some real hockey people. The owner even wanted Gretzky as president of the Oliers but Gretz turn it down.
