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Originally Posted by Bingo
I picked young players as an example. I didn't say every other player had to go.
Young teams with young pieces don't have to rebuid, they retool. Since your record on this message board is excellent, can you pull out some St. Louis Blues are the model franchise quotes from a year ago and older for us?
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Yeah sure, here's a few I found:
Here's me in 2013, you might find this relevant to the sam bennett thread I posted a couple of years ago:
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
That's their most admirable characteristic, I think. Let proven talent evaluators evaluate talent, and guys who they think aren't going to cut the mustard, they move quickly and decisively to maximize their value. You don't wait for a prospect to bottom out before trading them.
Edit: And just look at the returns on those trades. Turn top picks into better depth. That Johnson/Shattenkirk trade is balancing out a bit more for Colorado now that Johnson is rounding out, but it's still a St. Louis win. Rundblad for Tarasenko? Robbery at this point in my opinion.
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Same thread, talking about how good the blues are at evaluating talent:
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Or St.Louis, which I think is the most pertinent example.
Davidson shielded that management group from ownership scrutiny, allowing guys like Jarmo Kekaleinen and Doug Armstrong (who had previous general manager experience as well), extremely good talent evaluators, to get their feet wet with other effective managers like Pleau around as a sounding board and buffer.
Davidson oversaw the transition of Pleau from GM to advisor and Armstrong to GM. I believe Burke sees himself in a similar role; as a kind of Steward of the franchise, hoping to bring in talented guys and prevent them from making mistakes that could shorten their tenure.
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