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Originally Posted by Lil Pedro
I remember hearing in the summer from Renaud Lavoie that the owner asked Dale Tallon to shed about $10 million in cap space...too bad this was the result for them.
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The problem is the owner meddled the first time when he removed Tallon and replaced him with idiot yes-men, and then further when he asked for Gallant to be fired. The result of that was a horrible season and a LOT of lost fans. They had built up a lot of good will with the fans with the previous season of 100+ points, and squandered it immediately, resulting in poor attendance.
So really, the need to cut back on salary from the Owner's perspective was his own doing. If he had left well enough alone, the team would still be drawing well and he wouldn't be worried about losing money. I thought Viola and co. would bring some stability to the franchise, but they're no better than any previous version of ownership, possibly worse.