[Sylvanfan]

Let's face it....sign a couple UFA's, make a big trade and create some buzz about your team in the offseason and a Canadian team sells a lot of tickets before the season even starts. Edmonton has been one of the most active teams since the start of the season signing Gordon, and Ference and trading nearly every fringe player they can.

Fans have patience to deal with putting together a properly built roster, but I don't think the owners and management in these markets do. Rather than risk playing in front of 15,000 fans at the end of the year owners demand that their GM's try to create buzz to sell those extra 2000 tickets a game to make money that season.

Tambellini was doing nothing, letting things shape themselves...he got axed, mind you he changed his coach every year...another thing that seems to plague Canadian teams, the number of coaches they have all had in the last 10 years. The Flames get some okay pieces falling into place with Coates...he got axed...both times replacing these guys with first time GM's. So when they did fire one guy...they just kept replacing them with new inexperienced people.

GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs should be the primo job in the NHL...is Dave Nonis really the guy that should be doing that job?

Owners in Canada keep making stupid decisions with who they hire for management. I think Calgary bringing in Burke was a good move, hopefully they give him time and let him get the people he wants.