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LeafsFanForSomeReason

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Forum: NHL11 hours ago
Thread: Forum For News, Rumors, Reactions and Fun Throughout the 2021 Season! (part 4)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheFlamingC</b></div><div>But none of this luck would of happened if Gorton did make the choice to rip a team that was sitting in a playoff spot at the TDL to the bone. It was a bold move but all good GMs know that you have to go all in on a rebuild, not this cheeky half rebuild thing most teams do. Like my Calgary Flames. Gorton could have sat in mediocrity for 2-3 years and started to rebuild in the last year or two, miss out on Laffy and Kakko and then get fired because his regime didn’t work. He still got fired but that’s a messy situation. Made a ballsy move and created a future Cup contender</div></div>

Exactly this. I give huge credit to Gorton for pulling the chute on a team that was in the mix but just didn't have it.
Forum: NHL12 hours ago
Thread: Forum For News, Rumors, Reactions and Fun Throughout the 2021 Season! (part 4)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yikes</b></div><div>It just comes down to Dolan being a terrible owner. If you don’t know anything about Dolan or what he’s done before a quick search on YouTube fills yah in. He’s a terrible owner and it’s usually his way or the highway. A disagreement shouldn’t lead to a good gm being fired. For example if Yzerman voiced displeasure with the statement he shouldn’t be fired. Not the same gm obviously but the point being Gorton built a good team with good trades and drafting. Statement or not Dolan seemingly had plans to get rid of management either way which is terrible. A new teams gonna get a good gm for “free” now in a sense without having to look hard.</div></div>

I'm familiar with Dolan. I was pointing out the illogicalness of Gorton and JD being fired over the statement due to league influence (as the other commenter was suggesting), when they were the ones reportedly trying to distance themselves from it.
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 11:18 am
Thread: Gio going to Seattle forces us into retool Part 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ledge_And_Dairy</b></div><div>Idk if its really worth more to protect him than that for the Flames. Hanifin has established himself as the #1 LD moving forward for the time being and Valimaki could probably learn a lot more next to Tanev on the 2nd pair next year. I personally feel Gio would be manning the 3rd pair PK and some PP time. He definitely cant keep playing 24 minutes a night (in Sutters interview after the Edmonton game he even said Gio and Tanev played too much, but that's also due to loosing Hanifin for the year), I would say 18 minutes max by next season. Like Boston did with Chara.</div></div>

I think you're right. There's certainly a limit to what I'd pay to keep him. But from a Seattle perspective, I don't think a 3rd is gonna cut it. I think the best option for them is to pick Gio and flip him.