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Old 06-25-2014, 04:20 PM   #95
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Originally Posted by mhsyyc View Post
Well, I think you can add a fourth issue and that was his mismanagement of the salary cap. There's nothing like going into a game short because your GM screwed up counting on his fingers.
IIRC it was only for 1 game, and it was to get Olli ... if so, it was somewhat of a desperation move for that big strong No 1 C that Calgary craved for. Remember we (tried) to gamble away $60M and gave up a 2nd round pick and top pairing defenseman for a chance at Brad Richards....... compared to dressing short players for 1 game, I don't know if I see it as that big of a deal.

The 36 hours of craziness was a whole new level of bad though.
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