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Originally Posted by zuluking
Haha!! Yeah, we've all been hoodwinked. They actually didn't really want this guy, but they're signing him for two years in order to trick the fan base into thinking he's better than he is and so we all think the trade was better than it was. This is what you think the management strategy is and you want us to go along with THAT???
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If Conroy said tomorrow that Oesterle is our best defenceman and Friedman backed up that statement with "yup, I hear a lot of GMs agree", you just ignore your lying eyes?
Part of a GMs job is selling what he is doing, even if it isn't all that great. To pretend otherwise is foolhardy.
"Look over there! A big Russian!"
(runs away)