(frank) ur an idiot
- AGalchenyuk27

...Why?

(frank) ur an idiot
- AGalchenyuk27

yes, you're right, the man set this franchise back a long, long ways. so far that they're in first place in the conference less than a year after his firing.

Olivia Ruiz?

i think we're all happy to have MB in his stead, but Gauthier is responsible for the following:

keeping Price over Halak
acquiring Eller
drafting Gallagher
re-signing Markov when everyone thought they should let him walk
swapping Bourque for Cammalleri (him and Therrien? never would have worked)
signing Diaz from the scrap heap
signing a capable backup who is 4-2 with a shutout
got Emelin over from Russia

i don't think his tenure was the disaster (personnel-wise) everyone makes it out to be. he made some awful moves but like it or not, his fingerprints are on this team.
- DoubleDown

I think he can thank his scouts for those two.

Signing Budaj is hardly noteworthy.

The way the Cammalleri trade was handled was shameful.

He had to keep Price and getting Eller was part of the same decision.

I'll give him Markov and Emelin.

yes, you're right, the man set this franchise back a long, long ways. so far that they're in first place in the conference less than a year after his firing.
- DoubleDown

relax bro.




maybe he meant for reasons unrelated to that post.


let's hear him out.

yes, you're right, the man set this franchise back a long, long ways. so far that they're in first place in the conference less than a year after his firing.
- DoubleDown

I'm still not over the fact he traded for Kaberle.

I think he can thank his scouts for those two.

Signing Budaj is hardly noteworthy.

The way the Cammalleri trade was handled was shameful.

He had to keep Price and getting Eller was part of the same decision.

I'll give him Markov and Emelin.
- hon_hon_hon

that's not fair.

you can't say "the buck stops with Gainey for Gomez becasue he was the GM" when Gauthier was the pro scout and not give Gauthier the same treatment.

Bergevin is awesome, he drafted 5 1st rounders!

yes, you're right, the man set this franchise back a long, long ways. so far that they're in first place in the conference less than a year after his firing.
- DoubleDown

I always liked the "sell high" mentality of trading Halak, but pretty much every other move he made stank at first sniff.

I'm still not over the fact he traded for Kaberle.
- hon_hon_hon

He made several bad moves, but some good ones as well...that's all he was saying.

that's not fair.

you can't say "the buck stops with Gainey for Gomez becasue he was the GM" when Gauthier was the pro scout and not give Gauthier the same treatment.
- dt99999

He can and he will, Dan.

Bergevin is awesome, he drafted 5 1st rounders!
- _nay_

All his scouts.

I always liked the "sell high" mentality of trading Halak, but pretty much every other move he made stank at first sniff.
- 3M

yep

I think he can thank his scouts for those two.

Signing Budaj is hardly noteworthy.

The way the Cammalleri trade was handled was shameful.

He had to keep Price and getting Eller was part of the same decision.

I'll give him Markov and Emelin.
- hon_hon_hon

you can attribute ANY personnel decision to scouting if you want then. but at the end of the day, the GM is the one signing off and he's responsible for the players on the ice.

disagree totally on Price. he did not have to keep him and even if he did, he still deserves credit for acquiring Eller, who is turning into a very versatile and useful player.

i wasn't defending Gauthier's behaviour at all. the trade was shameful. he was an embarrassment to the franchise the way he conducted his business. my point was only that his personnel moves weren't as bad as everyone likes to assume they were.

He made several bad moves, but some good ones as well...that's all he was saying.
- God_then_kovy

this is pretty much all i should have written

Bergevin is awesome, he drafted 5 1st rounders!
- _nay_

He also hired people.

a (frank)ing monkey would not have traded Price - jesus christ dude.
- AGalchenyuk27

A Fido would have

a (frank)ing monkey would not have traded Price - jesus christ dude.
- AGalchenyuk27

Do you ever say anything that doesn't make you look totally stupid?

a (frank)ing monkey would not have traded Price - jesus christ dude.
- AGalchenyuk27

Calm down.

Price had proven nothing at the time, but it already seemed Halak was not able to play more than 50 games a year. It took balls for making that move.

And I still think Eller was badly managed because Halak was traded for him. Should have stayed a year in Hamilton.

Do you ever say anything that doesn't make you look totally stupid?
- God_then_kovy

No.

you can attribute ANY personnel decision to scouting if you want then. but at the end of the day, the GM is the one signing off and he's responsible for the players on the ice.

disagree totally on Price. he did not have to keep him and even if he did, he still deserves credit for acquiring Eller, who is turning into a very versatile and useful player.

i wasn't defending Gauthier's behaviour at all. the trade was shameful. he was an embarrassment to the franchise the way he conducted his business. my point was only that his personnel moves weren't as bad as everyone likes to assume they were.
- DoubleDown

Agreed.

Do you ever say anything that doesn't make you look totally stupid?
- God_then_kovy

Do you ever say anything that doesn't make you look totally stupid?
- God_then_kovy

I read an article on the internet that said that Big foot and Lock ness are defending the earth from alien invaders.

Seriously

he is one of the worst GM's in NHL history. (frank) u are dumb.
- AGalchenyuk27

In one page you've called people "idiot", "idiot", "monkey" and "dumb". Please tell us what you consider yourself?

A Fido would have
- Oilhab