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Old 10-14-2020, 11:58 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by GranteedEV View Post
Sakic and Yzerman were both intelligent centres who saw their teams go from bottom feeders to contenders over the courses of their careers. And it appears both, as GMs, have listened strongly to their scouts and analytics. Lastly, both have had some big screwups - Sakic with the entire 2017-18 roster (that team was supposed to compete for the playoffs!), Yzerman with the 2010 and 2013 drafts but they identified their mistakes and simply corrected them.
Makes you wonder if Nieuwendyk might not be a bad choice for next Flames GM. He had a short run with Dallas and didn’t get the same leash to screw up and fix things like Yzerman and Sakic have.
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