Canucks Sign Jan Bulis
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I also have to add that whatever lack of knowledge about hockey and the business of hockey Lonely and others like him have, it doesn't really stop them from voicing an opinion. I don't mind reading criticisms, but ignorant rantings are another thing.
LonelyGhost said:
Take a long hard look at the Anaheim Ducks and compare the state of affairs before and after Brian Burke arrived. If you are still wondering why people regard him as one of the best GMs in the game today, then you are truly clueless.
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Brian Burke - Great General Manager
Brain is great GM and he has already proven himself with Anahiem Ducks last year
. Not all people believe in his wisdom but he has proven himself with the right players on the teams he has been involved with in the past and present .
Brain is great GM and he has already proven himself with Anahiem Ducks last year
. Not all people believe in his wisdom but he has proven himself with the right players on the teams he has been involved with in the past and present .
thanks for the personal attack.wilde said:
i didn't realize that asking questions of people who putatively
present themselves as knowledgable 'pros' on hockey is an
invitation to derogatory comments.
exactly what should i compare??? the signing of Rob Niedemeyer? "rumour"
has it that he didn't want to play in Van but wanted to play with his bros.,
so what does that have to do with Burke??? smart enough to sign a great player that wants to play for you?
fuck, even I'm smart enough to sign him up!
And how much better were the Ducks than the Nucks? Care to point me
at meaningful stats to compare? salary? points? points per salary dollar?
do we just compare the 'names'? how many games were won? how far they
went in the playoffs? teams they beat the nucks didn't beat? teams that beat them but not the nucks?
you're the flipping expert, you tell me what matters and I will go and look at it.
and meanwhile shove your personal attacks up your fucking stinking ass.
while he has the ability to be a class A asshole, no one can deny his business savvy and his knack for evaluating talent and acquiring the right players to make a successful team. He does however need to keep improving on his playoff record which, until this past year was piss poor. He is the perfect guy to bring in to right the ship and set it on the correct path of profitability and success in the standings as well as the community. Given the troubles on Long Island, I bet he could turn that mess around inside of three years.
Anyone who doesn't "like" Brian Burke is basing it mostly on his personality and dealings with the media. As a hockey man though, he's the best there is.
Anyone who doesn't "like" Brian Burke is basing it mostly on his personality and dealings with the media. As a hockey man though, he's the best there is.
I agree with you about Burkekehoe said:
. He could cleanup that mess with Long Island within three years .
LonelyGhost said:
If I told you to fuck off and die, that'll be a personal attack.
One person say you are clueless about the management side of hockey, maybe he just dosen't like you.
2 people say you are clueless about the management side of hockey, maybe you've pissed them off in the past.
3 people say you are clueless about the management side of hockey, maybe you really are clueless.
You can continue to think of yourself as Sam Pollock (which you are not) and make a complete ass of yourself by talking shit like trading unrestricted free agents. I for one, will not bother to comment anymore. Instead I'll just LMAO in private, how's that?
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Canucks - Need a Real General Manager
I think the Canucks need to change the GM. They need a GM who actually knows the business of hockey and the history of players in the NHL. I hope the Canucks make to the playoffs next season but I feel they will fall short again. Who are they going to blame then ? It should be the GM.
I think the Canucks need to change the GM. They need a GM who actually knows the business of hockey and the history of players in the NHL. I hope the Canucks make to the playoffs next season but I feel they will fall short again. Who are they going to blame then
? It should be the GM.
Burke didn't have Bertuzzi during that playoffs in which he was fired after. Granted it is hard to tell how much Bertuzzi could have helped them, since he seems to be inconsistent the last 3 years, however other teams still treat Bertuzzi with the utmost in defensive coverage, so he does free up his teammates.
Burke wore out his welcome with MacCammon.
Burke wore out his welcome with MacCammon.
Come on now. Bertuzzi was and is a joke and he should have been suspended indefinitely from all hockey for what he did on the ice.roadwarrior said:
He was suspended indefinitely. He was reinstated by Bettman after his indefinite suspension ended.
I don't mind criticism as long as it is constructive: you've had amplewilde said:
opportunity to respond in a mature and meaningful manner ... for example,
I said Burke pissed off players and GM's, you could have given examples
where players praised him, or wanted to go play for his team, or where
he got praise from other GM's ...
instead you continue to make snide comments and still can't back up
one thing that you have said to me, or point me in a direction where i
can read it for myself.
in the meanwhile, if my comments bother you so much, use the 'ignore'
button ...
ps: if my comments make you laugh then consider it a bonus!
So how about that Jan Bulis signing?? anyone still remember why this thread started! ha ha
Burke is a good GM, I would like someone to mention a bad trade he made. I can think of many good ones!
Burke signed Scott Niedermayer, not Rob. Rob already was playing for them so he just signed an extension.
Who doesn't like Burke? Well, media cause he calls them out for the shitholes some of them are (yes, that is you David Pratt). Players like playing for him and GM like working for him. I haven't heard anything bad about him, other then from the stuffy suits at GM Place but we all know how that ended anyways!
Mike Keenan...now there is a guy players most players hate....
Anyways, Jan Bulis, signed, sealed and hopefully can deliver....
Burke is a good GM, I would like someone to mention a bad trade he made. I can think of many good ones!
Burke signed Scott Niedermayer, not Rob. Rob already was playing for them so he just signed an extension.
Who doesn't like Burke? Well, media cause he calls them out for the shitholes some of them are (yes, that is you David Pratt). Players like playing for him and GM like working for him. I haven't heard anything bad about him, other then from the stuffy suits at GM Place but we all know how that ended anyways!
Mike Keenan...now there is a guy players most players hate....
Anyways, Jan Bulis, signed, sealed and hopefully can deliver....
I was going to until I saw that stuff it up your stinking ass comment.LonelyGhost said:
Here lets try this again. A few examples come to mind.
He got Rob Niedermayer to sign a contract extension and successfully baited Scott Niedermayer to sign for less money and less years than New Jersey had offered.
Recognizing that Sergei Fedorov was waiting for retirement he managed to dump his salary and got Francois Beachemin (he was a player Montreal didn't want to lose but Columbus pulled a fast one on the Habs) in return. Francois Beachemin turned out to be one of the better defenceman in the league last season at bargain basement price.
For pulling off the Chris Pronger trade. After some of the salaries being dished out to some of the better unrestricted defensemen this year like Chara for $7.5M, getting Pronger for $6.25M seems like the deal of the century.
How about turning the Vancouver franchise around. Before Brian Burke was GM, the team was a mess. Building was half empty and more importantly not a lot of people cared. Granted that under his watch the team didn't have much playoff success but good regular seasons soon became the norm. The team also played a much more entertaining style of hockey because of the players he brought in.
Or how about taking a chance on Teemu Selanne? $1.2M for 90 points, it doesn't get much better than that.
In the playoffs, the Ducks squeaked past Calgary in the 1st round and annihilated Colorado in the 2nd round while we were still debating whether Cloutier was invoved in that Porsche Cayenne hit-and-run.
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Lonley Ghost you are digging yourself a deeper hole ...
You copy and past someones opinion and depict .. like everyone of your contributions to a thread ..
You need to be less harsh .. and take a deep breathe before you put your thoughts onto computer
You copy and past someones opinion and depict .. like everyone of your contributions to a thread ..
You need to be less harsh .. and take a deep breathe before you put your thoughts onto computer
The Canucks will not trade Kesler and couldn't get a scoring winger for Cooke unless someone else wanted to dump a higher paid underachiever. Why would you want someone elses problem?
