tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post7788181773160871575..comments2023-08-26T10:21:07.251-04:00Comments on Japers' Rink: GMGM on Huet: "We Expect To Sign Him"JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-56062824032750128592008-05-15T18:58:00.000-04:002008-05-15T18:58:00.000-04:00If GMGM is making this bold of a comment, the deal...If GMGM is making this bold of a comment, the deal is all but done. He does not let stuff like this out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-38350765122667171102008-05-13T18:20:00.000-04:002008-05-13T18:20:00.000-04:00I am amazed that McPhee actually made the comment....I am amazed that McPhee actually made the comment. After the disaster with Skyora (not the good one) failing to get the signed contract in on time to come over from Europe (was it two years in a row?), McPhee has been pretty tight lipped about signing players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-85742756886883069402008-05-13T16:46:00.000-04:002008-05-13T16:46:00.000-04:00what he saidwhat he saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-46259219140551793662008-05-13T16:42:00.000-04:002008-05-13T16:42:00.000-04:00McPhee gets an easy 10 in my book. Last year's FA...McPhee gets an easy 10 in my book. Last year's FA crop was brought in to mentor and complement our young core. Even with injuries to Nyls and Poti they did just that. Deadline deals, no question. Draft picks and acquisitions from the old sell-off are coming into their own. A stable of future NHLers (mid to late rounders too!) wait in the wings. Can't knock him for any of the coaching issues Red Roverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233795076874610127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-51400416461209652842008-05-13T16:03:00.000-04:002008-05-13T16:03:00.000-04:00all in one year, thats an 11. i know its impossibl...all in one year, thats an 11. i know its impossible but if the skanks on maury can be one million percent sure hes the dad, i can potentially give out elevens. and i see what youre saying onetimer, but i guess i give him a little more credit for the summer fa's(cant blame him for injuries), who had a big impact and i expect will have an even bigger one next year, combined with the ovie contract Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-18960017715862341642008-05-13T15:39:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:39:00.000-04:00... and punch out a member of an opposing team's f...... and punch out a member of an opposing team's front office.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-50036957532700301762008-05-13T15:37:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:37:00.000-04:00oh...and find some gems in the second round this y...oh...and find some gems in the second round this year's draftAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-91697735821618320122008-05-13T15:31:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:31:00.000-04:00sheesh, I gave him an 8 per the JP player grading ...sheesh, I gave him an 8 per the JP player grading system based on my expectations, which were pretty low. I docked him for sticking too long with Hanlon; summer FA pool didn't add much (albeit due to injury). I initially had an issue with GM not trading Kolzig or Johnson when he landed Huet to free up an extra roster spot, and to clarify some roles...that was something he dumped in Bruce's lap Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-20218729352173742502008-05-13T15:29:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:29:00.000-04:00And I'll give GMGM a 7 for the season, and a 10+++...And I'll give GMGM a 7 for the season, and a 10++++ for the trade deadline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-40561326535153826642008-05-13T15:28:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:28:00.000-04:00@B.Orr4OK I'll buy that. For the record I am not a...@B.Orr4<BR/><BR/>OK I'll buy that. For the record I am not a GMGM hater, quite the opposite actually. Like you said, GMGM did indeed bring Bruce to Hershey. <BR/><BR/>I can't say I (or any of us) predicted that Bruce would have the immediate impact he had on the Caps, but after making it to the Calder finals in each of his first two seasons in Hershey (including a cup win), I felt like he could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-15536567884893245452008-05-13T15:24:00.000-04:002008-05-13T15:24:00.000-04:00McPhee also deserves credit for calling up his min...McPhee also deserves credit for calling up his minor league coach--a guy who never coached in the NHL before--and giving him the chance when his own job was on the line. Usually, the interm coach is an assistant who holds down the fort for a few games before the team brings in a replacement. That was a gutsy move on his part.<BR/><BR/>McPhee said somewhere that the original plan was to give Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-16644534444067548342008-05-13T14:58:00.000-04:002008-05-13T14:58:00.000-04:00Sombrero Guy,McPhee deserves the credit for findin...Sombrero Guy,<BR/>McPhee deserves the credit for finding Bruce. He hired him for Hershey after he had been let go at Manchester. And yeah, he brought him up to the Caps with the "interim" tag, but, nevertheless, he did bring him up. He could have pulled a Waddell or a Jacque Martin and gone behind the bench himself or he could have just promoted Dean Evason. He didn't. And how do we know he Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-31058035012945100002008-05-13T14:54:00.000-04:002008-05-13T14:54:00.000-04:00bigonetimer, just an 8, i would have to think a 9 ...bigonetimer, just an 8, i would have to think a 9 or 10, that deadline was a thing of beauty. and as far as being "up in arms" about three goalies, i dont remember it quite like that. I just remember being thankful that we finally had ONE goalie that was good enoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-72591054933739019752008-05-13T14:39:00.000-04:002008-05-13T14:39:00.000-04:00Gabby's success took everybody by surprise. If an...Gabby's success took everybody by surprise. If anyone (inside or outside the Caps organization) had an inkling of what he would be able to achieve, he'd have gotten a head coaching job sooner, no?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144581988817631208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-11369243347188019602008-05-13T14:35:00.000-04:002008-05-13T14:35:00.000-04:00I agree that GMGM made some good moves this year, ...I agree that GMGM made some good moves this year, but I don't give him a ton of credit for Bruce. If he promoted him as the head coach that would be one thing, but Bruce clearly had the interim tag fo what, a month? That tells me Bruce was just a stop gap until they found a "proven" head cocach. Fortunately Bruce was able to earn the removal of the interim tag and became the coach this team Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-55527663541781569342008-05-13T12:51:00.000-04:002008-05-13T12:51:00.000-04:00for what it's worth, I give GMGM an 8 this year; h...for what it's worth, I give GMGM an 8 this year; he certainly went beyond my expectations at the deadline, and took the chance on Boudreau. And he's had some good drafts that are paying dividends now.<BR/><BR/>But I think it is fair to say that he was on a little bit of a hotseat had the Caps not made the playoffs, and he bought himself another year or so of Ted's grace with the way the team Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-21277035106513461882008-05-13T12:40:00.000-04:002008-05-13T12:40:00.000-04:00GMGM generally holds his cards so close to his che...GMGM generally holds his cards so close to his chest that they chafe, so I read that as 'The Capitals, Huet and Huet's agent are all on the same page regarding term, etc.'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235054856583026039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-41464954147258918732008-05-13T12:31:00.000-04:002008-05-13T12:31:00.000-04:00GMGM -- You have just set the level of expectation...GMGM -- You have just set the level of expectation for this offseason. <BR/><BR/>Like I would yell (or post) during games... FINISH IT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-85000917955823982542008-05-13T12:27:00.000-04:002008-05-13T12:27:00.000-04:00Hip Hip Huet!Hip Hip Huet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427229.post-91764518976749079702008-05-13T12:18:00.000-04:002008-05-13T12:18:00.000-04:00GMGM, on Huet:"We expect to sign him."Niiiice.GMGM, on Huet:<BR/><BR/>"We expect to sign him."<BR/><BR/>Niiiice.Red Roverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233795076874610127noreply@blogger.com