04-22-2025, 01:00 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: still in edmonton
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
OK, now I want to hear about this anecdote. Dish it!
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The first time Frank met Rutherford, Jim came up to him and said "are you Frank?" Frank said he was, and Rutherford stared at him and said, "hmm you look better in your picture online."
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04-22-2025, 01:01 PM
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#22
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Scoring Winger
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Time to offer sheet Dobson I guess
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04-22-2025, 01:04 PM
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#23
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
If you love what you do and you're still up to it, why not?
The problem is when you think you're still up to it, but you're not because your mind has been gradually declining and you never noticed, because what do you know, your mind has been gradually declining.
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To me it's a little more nuanced than that though due to the nature of the job. This isn't some old fella who works in the produce department at the grocery store and doesn't want to retire because he likes what he does and it keeps him active & healthy. There's only 32 of these positions in the world.
But I guess in that regard it's no different than any other career if you've been living it your whole life and like you said I guess he still thinks he's up to it (despite having tangible results to show he isn't). But I mean, ultimately it's more on the team owners for keeping these guys relevant for so long.
Anyways, good riddance. Can't believe Anthony Duclair had to shave off those beautiful locks for this.
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04-22-2025, 01:06 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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2 years too late but that's cool. It's about time.
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04-22-2025, 01:06 PM
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#25
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Lewis_D
To me it's a little more nuanced than that though due to the nature of the job. This isn't some old fella who works in the produce department at the grocery store and doesn't want to retire because he likes what he does and it keeps him active & healthy. There's only 32 of these positions in the world.
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There's no set age where you get too old for mental work. George Bernard Shaw was still publishing books when he was 95. We all get to be past it eventually, but some very much later than others.
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04-22-2025, 01:07 PM
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Franchise Player
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The problem with the Islanders, is that they are full to the brim of veterans. There is almost no room for natural growth. When you're 82, everybody seems like an infant.
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04-22-2025, 01:08 PM
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#27
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Saskatoon
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Get your resumes ready!
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04-22-2025, 01:08 PM
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#28
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
The problem with the Islanders, is that they are full to the brim of veterans. There is almost no room for natural growth. When you're 82, everybody seems like an infant.
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Especially when you insist they're to be clean shaven.
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04-22-2025, 01:13 PM
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#29
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
There's no set age where you get too old for mental work. George Bernard Shaw was still publishing books when he was 95. We all get to be past it eventually, but some very much later than others.
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True, but I think since being a GM is based around hockey philosophy individuals can get too set in their ways over a long period of time while the environment around them changes and they lose the forest through the trees (regardless of age). I think Lou is a good example of this.
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04-22-2025, 01:13 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
The problem with the Islanders, is that they are full to the brim of veterans. There is almost no room for natural growth. When you're 82, everybody seems like an infant.
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Yeah, look at their ages:
Horvat, Lee, Pageau, Cizikas, Pulock, Pelech, Mayfield, and Varlamov all on the wrong side of 30 (who are under contract next year). Mayfield, Pelech, and Pulock have been declining.
Other than Ritchie, the prospect list is really underwhelming. Bridgeport was terrible this year, and of their top 10 scorers, only one was under 23.
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04-22-2025, 01:19 PM
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#31
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Lifetime Suspension
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Terrible GM about time he got canned. His ideas have been outdated for a very long time.
Wonder how soon he ends up in the league office.
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04-22-2025, 01:25 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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04-22-2025, 01:39 PM
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#33
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Lifetime Suspension
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Does Holland come with a toilet seat? How do you go from one of the worst to one of the most overrated of all time. Would be a terrible move.
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04-22-2025, 01:51 PM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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This was a long time coming. The Islanders have to be one of the worst situations in the league given their age and prospect base. Also some weird contracts like Engvall and Mayfield both signed to 2029/30.
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04-22-2025, 01:55 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Terrible GM about time he got canned. His ideas have been outdated for a very long time.
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It's not that his ideas are outdated, so much as his execution sucks. Some of the moves he's made would not have been good moves in 1995, or 1955 for that matter. Bad management is timeless.
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04-22-2025, 01:58 PM
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#36
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
This was a long time coming. The Islanders have to be one of the worst situations in the league given their age and prospect base. Also some weird contracts like Engvall and Mayfield both signed to 2029/30.
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Yeah it's not great, tis but a scratch to those Isles fans who lived through the Milbury era though.
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04-22-2025, 03:07 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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04-22-2025, 04:04 PM
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#38
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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It’s ####ing unbelievable to me that he even landed this gig to begin with.
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04-22-2025, 04:09 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by flamesgod
Get your resumes ready!
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I have already applied. Can you believe that they said that my post-count on Calgarypuck 'doesn't matter?'
Philistines! 
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04-22-2025, 04:10 PM
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#40
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
It’s ####ing unbelievable to me that he even landed this gig to begin with.
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You think you could turn Lamoriello down?
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