Edited Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.
Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
And, ppl do change their minds. At worst the Habs could have controlled his rights and trade Michkov to a team that he would play for with an ELC contract at 21 years of age, the package would have been monstrous.. Players dont have that much control. Lindros even said he'd never play for Quebec waited a year and the Nords then Avs made it out like bandits building a Cup winning team with the Lindros trade haul being a huge piece in the end.
The only thing I believe is that maybe Molson didnt want Michkov as he knows how fickle the fan base can be and wanted a player that could contribute in a year. The honeymoon is coming to an end and they need to keep selling tickets, beer and jerseys.
Our Fanbase isnt Fickle its pissed at Molson.
We didnt have these issues with Gillette
He brought us Kovalev and Souray among others
Brought us Huet to give Price and Halak time after Theodore sh*t the bed.
Bronfmans were the same way , the fans supported them as it was a mix of today and tomorrow they invested in.
Molson its Whiplash 100% of the time
Comes in 30 days before the draft throws out the plan
Drafts Leblanc in MTL upon his return and passed on Krieder which cost him a cup in 2014(he cant injure Price if he was a Habs)
Right away he had to contend and blew so much of the assets Gillette had stock piled with Gainey.
Molson as well as spending what we had while picking French players for the first time in a Decade + in the first 2/3 drafts he had.
(both players busted and that stopped happening )
He spent the next decade failing to build up half the talent that Gillette did in 4 years and fumbled a lot of 1st round prospects development .
Geoff's networth is less then my Uncle's for a reason, he's the least successful son of Eric the owner who brought up Roy Debacle and lead to his family being ousted from the Chairman of the Board for over 2 decades . Andrew and Justin work for the Brewery and have their own Firm together without Geoff. Also Geoff's work history at Molson shows he was sporadically involved unlike his brothers who are a constant. 2016 when he left Molson to "focus full time on winning " we lost a lot and when he returns in 2021 when his brother won Chairman of the Board seat MTL made a SCF. The only reason he has the job is because he has the time and daddy's money. (well assets which he leveraged to get loans from the bank but without Daddy its all just dreams)
Im not saying he's a bad dude
He's just the worst possible owner you could imagine
I mean what kinda POS screws Price like that after his Prejudice in Picks cost Price is Knee.(if he bought a month later then Gainey's choosing Kreider in tune with his previous Drafts of BPA) He's the Problem and when we fired everyone he hired for failing he shoulda stepped down as President of Hockey Operations and given it to Gorton not the VP BS