Gnarkill

I like this hire better than the other names that were floating around out there.. hopefully he can convey that message and if certain players don't listen they're shipped out or benched no matter what their price tag is. The locker room has needed someone to come in and clear out the cancerous players for a long while now and it needs to happen no matter if it sets the team back a few years or not. I'd rather be patient and see a proper rebuild that takes a handful of years than sit through more of this mediocre crap with tweaks and wishful thinking. 

This team needs to stop the "win now" mentality that isn't working and start building for the future a few years down the road with the hopes Kaprizov will come over and be one of those young pieces to build around. I have no problem watching a basement dwelling team for a couple years if there is a clear path they are taking to clear the books and improve in the long run.

1 hour ago, bbgarnett said:

Maybe and also that could be why Modano was brought in as CL knew he was going to fire Fenton. I personally think they'll go with experience and would want that so Some candidates include former Philadelphia Flyers GM Ron Hextall, former Edmonton Oilers and Boston Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli, former San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi and former New York Islanders GM Garth Snow. Only guy on that list that I wouldn't mind is probably Lombardi.

 

They said CL is having his hip replaced on Sept 17th so the search is going to be very quick or have to be as he wants a new guy in place by then most likely.

I agree with you.. the only name out of those listed that I would even consider is Lombardi.. no thanks on the rest. I'd have no confidence in any of the others coming into this mess.

18 minutes ago, Hockey-78 said:

Fletch reunites with as many players as Fenton!

 

A common strategy but is it any good?

Who's the copycat?

Do they eat the same cereals?

Yes, it's called "Booty O's" and is sold by the WWE.

I actually really like Zuccarello as a player but that NMC is gross. I agree with Illa I have the feeling the Wild is going to lose a young player that they really don't want to lose when it comes time for Seattle to take someone from the roster. The last thing I wanted to see was the team box itself into a corner and face the same situation they did when they lost Tuch and Haula to Vegas.. Unless they can work a miracle and get Parise or Suter to waive the no trade AND be selected by Seattle(at which point I doubt they would even be selected) they appear to be screwed.

It's the off season so I thought it would be fun to put ourselves in Fenton's shoes and see what each of us would do even though the game's trades aren't super realistic or anything its just something I did to kill the time. If you want to try your hand at it feel free to post your results here! I did franchise mode with the most current online roster(april or whatever it was) on the hardest setting with "hard" trade settings.

For those with xbox one and xbox live gold membership.. I'd like to mention that NHL19 is currently a free "Games with Gold" game for the first half of the month! so get it while you can if you didn't already have it! 

I also decided to basically go full rebuild so in no way was I trying to build a contender right off the bat! I ended up with:

Zucker-Kunin-Tuch

Fiala-Donato-Kapanen

Greenway-Barbashev-Aaberg

Foligno-Ek-Brown

Fehr

Burns-Dumba

Spurg-Brodin

Prosser-Seeler

Hunt

Dubnyk

Stalock

Draft picks up coming year: 1st, 2- 2nds, 3 3rds

Following year: 2- 1sts, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 2- 5ths, 7th

all picks beyond that untouched

I have Fehr, Dubnyk and Brodin still on the trade block.. hoping to grab a top 6 C, bottom 6 RW, a top 4 D,  or a better/younger Goalie. Basically just looking for the best deal possible and then build the rest through the draft/FA.

I didn't do anything with Iowa(other than bring Prosser up) or the unsigned guys until I get around to the next draft.

The team doesn't look great on paper but I think with a few good drafts and off season moves over the next couple seasons I'm on the right track. It's a wonder what you can do with no NTC/NMCs on a video game. 

Via Russo's twitter:

"Fenton says he’s trying to fix this on the fly without a rebuild"

... here we f'n go again. 

On 5/23/2018 at 6:51 AM, Antti_Laxative said:

Glad you made the trip Gnarl - GEAUX BEAVERS!

 

DA BEAVS! Glad to see you over here too bud! 

(I should clarify thats green for Beav pride! not for sarcasm! hahaha)