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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
I really like the comment about line mate sensitivity with the sometimes kinda dynamic duo of monoman, Johnny the boy wonder. Why were ferland lindy and hurler so successful with these two?
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This is up to the pro scouts of this organization to figure out. They watch the tapes, they see the practices, they’re right over top watching the games. It’s actually kind of remarkable to me that after 7 years of watching their franchise duo stumble, bumble or succeed, that they still don’t seem to know anything about these 2 players at all.
Like I’m shocked that with all the time on their hand and all the resources that are available to them, they somehow targeted Dominic Simon, Josh Leivo and Brett Ritchie as the missing pieces to the Gaudreau-Monahan puzzle. After 7 years.....and with 1 year remaining on #13’s contract, they’re no further ahead then they were 7 years ago. It’s baffling.
And now Tkachuk, this organization has somehow broke the bond this fanbase once had with their future captain Matthew Tkachuk. As Matty said in an interview earlier this year, “they use to love me.” And now look, trade proposals for him, threads on how he’s declined. Might as well throw Gio into this conversation too. Apparently he’s just a dinosaur now who will be exposed at the draft to Seattle. The man just uprooted his family from Toronto and moved his life to Calgary. Like, what the hell is this organization doing? Do they know anything about their players? What they can and can’t do? Their limitations? Their strengths? Obviously the coaching search took long enough.
Man...I know I’m often critical about the braintrust of this organization. But seeing the endless string of coaches, the important names that are being trudged through the mud these days, the constant blow outs, it’s tough being a fan of this team, it really is. It doesn’t help that the future of all the other Canadian franchises seem to be on an upward trend while we’re just constantly spinning our tires in the mud.