What is Yzerman cooking? Thought Walman had a down year with injuries & consistency, but he was great the season prior as Seider's partner. Maybe it was for cap but you couldn't move one of your bad dmen for that price? Just a weird trade. Good for SJ tho.
No shot this happens without it essentially being a part of another trade. Why move Walman for nothing otherwise? I thought he had a down year defensively, especially compared to last year, but he's pretty decent otherwise.
No shot this happens without it essentially being a part of another trade. Why move Walman for nothing otherwise? I thought he had a down year defensively, especially compared to last year, but he's pretty decent otherwise.
I don't care if it is part of another trade. Walman is more than good enough to justify not needing a 2nd to dump him.
Can we start calling into question Yzerman gming:
Charoit, Holl, Husso, Comphe
I mean being a GM in Florida vs Michigan is 100% a massive difference but still Wallman isn't THAT bad
The biggest difference for me is Yzerman's supporting cast. He had BriesBois, Verbeek, their god-level amateur scouting and development staff, Stacey Roest, etc. In Detroit literally 99% of their hockey ops positions are former Red Wings who got the job from Ken Holland after their career ended. He's added 1 front office job (Lidstrom), and that's someone who lives and works in Sweden. And he hired his own brother as a pro scout.
GMs always get too much credit for being good and too much blame for being bad. You need good people in your hockey ops department.