Jeez, it's like you guys have never had a boss before.
I believe when Nieuwendyk started in Dallas they had a spendy spendy pants owner, who then became insolvent, who then sold the team.
Those are tough conditions to run a hockey club. At one point Dallas had to sign Pardy to his crazy deal in order to clear the cap floor. Other notable moves during that time are trading for Eric Nystrom instead of claiming him for free, simply to take on the full value of his cap hit to keep the team above the cap floor.
It's not like the guy was given a free hand to build a winner from the ground up and squandered it all.
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