[Flashpoint]

I was in Dallas and a season ticket holder the years GG coached the Stars.

I've seen this one before.

Full marks to the man for loyalty, but bringing back broken parts of that Stars team in Grossman and Chiasson, and his old mentor in Cameron were warning signs. Not that those changes would make or break the team, but that he valued familiarity and nepotism over fact based assessment.

Nobody here thought Grossman could still play. But the old boy deserved it due to his history with the coach. Cameron was a bad coach in Ott, and Chaisson is a scrub... but again here they are in significant roles.

He may be an intellectual with neat chalkboard ideas, or a guy who says the right things in his interviews with the GM. But this is a results based league and WHATEVER the intention is, he's getting zero mileage out of the top 6/4 players. Just like he didn't in Dallas.

I wanted to give him another chance with a better roster, but the immediate import of losers from his loser past sort of soured me early.

And watching the team Oiler it up so there is no point watching past American Thanksgiving has me sadly feeling deja-vous. It's not like the games have been close.