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Originally Posted by bubbsy
So in your opinion the gm should be fired at the end of the season, period?
Im just saying that it shouldn't matter if the lower probability lottery pick ends up as the 15th or 1st pick when making the decision.
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In the other two cases I mentioned, one was made by Floyd Smith who was fired and in the other Sam Pollock persuaded the California Seals owner Charley Finlay to give up the Lafleur pick. The Seals folded a few years later so that was truly a franchise altering deal.
You fire a person or let someone go for a body of work and that is judged by results. That body of work is much worse if the Flames miss out on a top class player or superstar. You seem to be saying that it should not matter who that pick is, I am saying that it does matter because results matter regardless of the cause.
Its like if a player makes a mistake and the goalie saves it, or he makes a mistake and it results in a playoff losing goal or a Stanley Cup loss. I remember in 2011 when one of the Hawks defensemen passed the puck to Burrows who immediately scored the overtime goal that knocked the Hawks out of the playoffs. That player never played another NHL game again. Sometimes , one mistake can really screw you up, its hard concept to grasp but its true.