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Old 06-03-2023, 09:26 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
While Hextall made some bad moves there is an article on the athletic that details the issues within the organization under new ownership. When he was hired his vision was to tear it down and rebuild which is why it took so long to get Malkin signed because Hextall wanted to move on. Fenway Sports Group initially agreed with until they started to understand the market and how important Crosby and Malkin's legacy was and they then did a 180 and told him he had to keep the core together. It was a mess from the very beginning. This is a good read as there were many levels of discontent in the building and while Hextall comes off as fully deserving of his firing, there were other issues.

https://theathletic.com/4542179/2023...layoff-streak/

Burke was on a radio show the other day and alluded to ownership hitting out at him publicly, further saying he'll hold his thoughts in and not make certain things public about what conversations took place behind closed doors.


I thought it was an interestingly written piece, but it was clearly meant to frame Hextall and Burke as bad guys. They were corporate mouthpieces brought in for a purpose. I'm shocked that Hextall didn't have a vision of some sort written down as any business ownership group would demand that but anyway, I thought it was completely one sided. It could have been written the opposite way as well that Sullivan was power struggling with Management.


I fully agree with previous ownership that they should have traded Malkin and moved on from Letang. Crosby and Malkin are icons there but they really can't win with no assets to recoup pieces.
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