[News] Yzerman stepping down as Lightning GM. Julien Brisebois replaces him

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

Imagine what it feels like to be Ken Holland right now

Rich and successful?

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

It is always a fool's errand to attempt to characterize CP collectively on the basis of a sampling of opinions. As I recall there were also a number of posters who fully endorsed Yzerman's handling of Drouin.

Absolutely. I was one of them. It looks like Yzerman was right about Drouin anyway, since he's done next to nothing since joining Montreal.

[CroFlames]

Holland will probably get the coveted "senior advisor" role. Basically get paid to have an opinion.



Hockey advisor roles are the equivalent of Canadian Senators. Do nothing, get paid.

[DionTheDman]

Originally Posted by Yamer

He's going to rebuild Detroit.

The city, not the Red Wings.

So he's taking over as CEO of Omni Consumer Products (OCP)??

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DionTheDman

So he's taking over as CEO of Omni Consumer Products (OCP)??

Oh no....thats not good.

"Dead or Alive you're coming with me!"

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Opinion of Yzerman has really turned around here. Go back to the thread when Drouin was sitting out, and Yzerman was being roasted as a moronic, old-school guy who didn't understand today's NHL.

Well, nobody can say he's taking the easy way out. He'll have a bigger job ahead of him rebuilding the Wings than he had with the Lightning.

The draft pick itself was always a strange one to me. Seth Jones was a better prospect and should have been the pick. Obviously Monahan would have been a better pick as well but that's with the benefit of hindsight as Drouin was ranked higher going into the draft but was riser and some of them are hit and miss.

[Enoch Root]

It is completely reasonable to criticize a move and still think the GM is doing a good job. Not to mention the fact that CP is composed of a whole bunch of people with different opinions, not a singular hive mind.

[mrdonkey]

I seem to recall that there was some smoke around Holland being considered to run the new Seattle franchise. The timing would certainly add up for the Wings replacing him with Stevie Y once it’s all said and done.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Absolutely. I was one of them. It looks like Yzerman was right about Drouin anyway, since he's done next to nothing since joining Montreal.

I have no idea what happened with Drouin, the dude is insanely talented. I thought he was easily gonna be a 25 goal / 65 assists guy (if not more) on Stamkos' wing. Not a bust obviously, but didn't live up to his pre-draft expectations at all.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by codynw

I have no idea what happened with Drouin, the dude is insanely talented. I thought he was easily gonna be a 25 goal / 65 assists guy (if not more) on Stamkos' wing. Not a bust obviously, but didn't live up to his pre-draft expectations at all.

This happens over and over with young talents - they are superstars at 18, so everyone assumes that it is guaranteed that they will be stars in the NHL too. But it does not always happen.

Just a few weeks ago, there was ongoing debate about how well the Canucks rebuild has gone, and how they now have a core to build around. But the fact of the matter is that there is no guarantee at all that guys like Pettersson and Hughes will be as good as fans assume.

They are eggs, not chickens.