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Originally Posted by Ice
Even in hindsight, there's no way anyone in the Kings organization sees Murray's hiring as a mistake. I want to say Murray has a cup ring at the request of the Kings. I'd have to double check that to be sure.
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When offered the job, Sutter himself told Lombardi that he already had a great coach.
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Now don't get me wrong. I love that the guy has re-established his reputation around the league and I greatly respect him as a hockey person. But what type of cognitive dissonance do you have to engage in to delusionally fool yourself into thinking that he was a good GM? There's literally no evidence to support that claim looking at the body of work.
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He was an active GM who made lots of splashy trades and signings that were entertaining for fans. And his tenure coincided with the dramatic turnaround in the financial fortunes of Canadian NHL franchises. So I can see how some fans have warm memories of Sutter as GM. But by any objective measurement he was a dismal failure, who left the franchise in what was widely regarded as the need for the longest rebuild in the NHL.
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Originally Posted by Loyal and True
A lot of cheap insults thrown around there. Hindsight makes it easy to oversimplify and go overboard in the criticism.
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It's not hindsight to recall criticisms of Sutter that were made
at the time. Not everyone was in love with the guy as a GM. Post-lockout he was already showing a lack of ability to draft and develop youth, and instead fill the depth positions with expensive vets past their best-before date. That proved to be a critical handicap in a league that was increasingly relying on young skaters and the cheap contracts that came with them.