05-20-2014, 09:39 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Gretzky and Doug MacLean to the Caps?
http://www.csnwashington.com/hockey-...caps-gm-search
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A source close to Gretzky said Monday that the 53-year-old native of Brantford, Ontario very much wants to be president of the Capitals and would consider former Columbus general manager Doug MacLean as his general manager.
However, the source said Gretzky has not had more than a few casual conversations with the Capitals and believes that if they really wanted Gretzky they would have hired him by now.
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05-20-2014, 09:41 AM
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Norm!
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Two people that shouldn't be running a hockey team.
Right there.
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05-20-2014, 09:42 AM
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Well at least that will spare us from a full 12 years of Doug MacLean on our broadcasts. Now it will only be 9 after he's fired in a few years for still being a tragically bad GM.
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05-20-2014, 09:43 AM
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Yikes, a couple mickey mouse hires.
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05-20-2014, 09:44 AM
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#5
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The real winners here are the viewers of Sportsnet.
Last edited by Ashasx; 05-20-2014 at 12:22 PM.
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05-20-2014, 09:45 AM
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Scoring Winger
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wrong thread
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05-20-2014, 09:47 AM
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Do you think it's registered with Caps fans yet that they're never going to win with Ovechkin and this core?
God that's gotta suck.
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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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05-20-2014, 09:47 AM
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I believe in the Jays.
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Based just off his performace as a sportscaster and CBJ GM I wouldn't hire Doug MacLean to run a NHL franchise... not sure I'd even hire him to run a Burger King.
As for Gretzky... Meh, sure make him PoHO. Why not, so long as he doesn't hire himself to coach that should be fine.
Last edited by Parallex; 05-20-2014 at 09:53 AM.
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05-20-2014, 09:54 AM
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Call me crazy but I enjoy Maclean on SN he is one of their better personalities
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05-20-2014, 10:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Parallex
Based just off his performace as a sportscaster and CBJ GM I wouldn't hire Doug MacLean to run a NHL franchise... not sure I'd even hire him to run a Burger King.
As for Gretzky... Meh, sure make him PoHO. Why not, so long as he doesn't hire himself to coach that should be fine.
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If he wants Doug MacLean as GM, Gretzky may not be fit to work for an NHL team at all. Might as well hire Jay Feaster.
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05-20-2014, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Dogbert
If he wants Doug MacLean as GM, Gretzky may not be fit to work for an NHL team at all. Might as well hire Jay Feaster.
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Jay Feaster is miles ahead of MacLean as a GM. If you hire MacLean you might as well hire ricardow and draft off the GRIT index.
But yeah if Gretzky wants him, you gonna have a bad time.
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05-20-2014, 10:13 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Dogbert
If he wants Doug MacLean as GM, Gretzky may not be fit to work for an NHL team at all. Might as well hire Jay Feaster.
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Jay Feaster is the only reason our drafting has improved dramatically. He's not as bad as portrayed and helped this franchise tremendously.
If we had a do-over I wouldn't change a thing.
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05-20-2014, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by nik-
Do you think it's registered with Caps fans yet that they're never going to win with Ovechkin and this core?
God that's gotta suck.
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Flames fans should know that feeling better than anyone.
Honestly I hope for the sake of Caps fans that this is just a rumour as while Gretzky as president is no worse than Linden in Toronto hiring MacLean would be a disaster. The guy has been out of the league for over 7 years for a reason. Think about how many hires have been made in that time and nobody has even looked to hire him as assistant. There's a reason for that.
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05-20-2014, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Flames fans should know that feeling better than anyone.
Honestly I hope for the sake of Caps fans that this is just a rumour as while Gretzky as president is no worse than Linden in Toronto hiring MacLean would be a disaster. The guy has been out of the league for over 7 years for a reason. Think about how many hires have been made in that time and nobody has even looked to hire him as assistant. There's a reason for that.
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It's similar for the Flames, but the Caps had a more talented team than we ever did during this last stretch of underachieving.
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Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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05-20-2014, 10:28 AM
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I don't buy that "building around Ovechkin" was really McPhee's issue. He brought in a lot of very good pieces for that team and they had a few years of legitimate chances at the Cup, but they were squandered. Backstrom is so far ahead of any centerman that Iginla had it's not even funny. Combined with Green, those three looked to be great core pieces a few years ago. Not to mention some good veteran prescence in guys like Chimera and Knuble and some utility guys like Fehr.
That team had it's chances, and it was Ovechkin who unplugged his own controller.
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05-20-2014, 10:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
It's similar for the Flames, but the Caps had a more talented team than we ever did during this last stretch of underachieving.
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I'm not so sure about that. Iginla and AO are similar and Kipper is better than any goaltender they have had. Flames also had superior overall blueline for most years. The Caps had a better overall group of forwards but they have been buoyed by playing for years in the worst division in the NHL.
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05-20-2014, 10:31 AM
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Whenever these management types get on tv for an extended period of time, you can often get a decent sense of the mans understanding of the game (and sometimes general intelligence). Watching a guy like Adam Oates over the last few games, he came across as smart and sharp. Watching Doug Maclean on the other hand makes one wonder how he got any job in hockey in the first place. There are people on this forum who I would trust more to run a team.
This is horrible, this idea.
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05-20-2014, 10:33 AM
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Jordan!
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Originally Posted by captaincrunch
two people that shouldn't be running a hockey team.
Right there.
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yep
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05-20-2014, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Table 5
Whenever these management types get on tv for an extended period of time, you can often get a decent sense of the mans understanding of the game (and sometimes general intelligence). Watching a guy like Adam Oates over the last few games, he came across as smart and sharp. Watching Doug Maclean on the other hand makes one wonder how he got any job in hockey in the first place. There are people on this forum who I would trust more to run a team.
This is horrible, this idea.
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A perfectly thankable post, but mostly so for this tag line.
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05-20-2014, 10:42 AM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Jay Feaster is the only reason our drafting has improved dramatically. He's not as bad as portrayed and helped this franchise tremendously.
If we had a do-over I wouldn't change a thing.
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The fact that Feaster was better at drafting than Darryl Sutter (and frankly, anyone else would have been too) excuses neither the god-awful signings and trades nor the smug, superior attitude as the franchise went to pot around him.
Regardless of the few things that went well under his watch, Feaster helped turn this franchise into the league's laughingstock, and the Flames are better off now that he's gone.
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