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Originally Posted by kirant
I think Cheveldayoff is a GM all to content to do nothing and mire in mediocrity instead of taking a risk. There was a great article over the summer about how little he actually does in trading.
http://illegalcurve.com/2014/07/14/a...jets-returned/
I would be willing to bet that he was willing to stay still and hope that the problem went away as oppose to move a young player and possibly make a mistake. |
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Not trading Kane was the 2nd biggest mistake he made in all this. The first was that he seriously though that Kane would grow out of his behaviour by now.
Like a lot of the people that voted 'yes' in the poll, he thought there was hope for him.
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Don't think it's fair to say that Cheveldayoff is completely incompetent for not trading Kane, especially now we can look at it retrospectively.
We've got a number of posters and I'd imagine many people who think other organizations could turn this kid around and reap the benefit of a top 6 power forward who can score boatload of goals. Is it wrong to imagine that Winnipeg considered and gambled for the same? I believe the Jets even brought in Kane's parents at one point to help him acclimatize to the team and whatnot. They wanted him to succeed. They made a mistake in not shipping out Kane from the start? Sure, I don't think anybody disagrees. Saying that they were turning a blind eye to what is ultimately a spoiled person is just wrong.