Edited Nov. 3, 2023 at 11:44 a.m.
Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
I was told he built a cup contender all offseason
Maybe casual fans would tell you that but regardless, this team has a LOT of potential but it is IN SPITE of Dorion. All he has done is hurt the progress, the contention length and potential of the team with his constant mismanagement, complete lack of foresight and inexistent asset management
He started the rebuild with these pieces for trade : Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone, Matt Duchene, JG Pageau, Derick Brassard, Ryan Dzingel, Mike Hoffman and Cody Ceci
Brassard was the oldest at 30 y/o, all in their prime and close to their peak value
He also had a good prospect pool with Chabot, Batherson, Formenton, Paul, White, etc
Plus, he had 5 years of Top-10 picks (and one 12th OA)... Any GM can cumulate youth wealth during a rebuild but that is not the only part of the job to become successful
Quoting: Leafsfan98
Giroux: boat anchor contract at 6.5 mill
ADB: doesn't work out when Stuzle is basically the same player and therefore takes ADB's suits and vice versa
Chychrun: Pretty good, wish the Leafs got him... But he's not what Ottawa needs... They need depth, RHD and a goalie...
And think of what it costed to get those assets: 2 1sts (1 being a top 10 and the other was a top 15 pick), 3 2nds and a 3rd... As well as 17 mill in cap space...
Then you add in the Pinto thing and the basic thing of transferring someone's M-NTC and Dorion gets fired
lol wtf? Giroux scored his highest goals total in CAREER last season and was PPG. And he's again PPG so far this season. I WISH we had more Giroux types. RIDICULOUS claim but it's not like I'm not used to it coming from you
DeBrincat and Stutzle are NOT the same player at all, again a LESS than amateurish take. Not even worth explaining. If I remember correctly, you thought Stutzle was a still a winger a few months ago
Chychrun is absolutely what the Sens needed. What they would have needed is a better RHD than Hamonic to help out Zub, but with how Dorion has managed everything for years adn 5 M$ in dead cap, could only afford Hamonic.
Giroux + Chychrun + DeBrincat are ABSOLUTELY worth 7th OA + 12th OA + three 2nds and a 3rd and 17 M$ in cap space
There's a million other reasons why Dorion was really bad at his job but you somehow completely missed...