tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post445874915470318245..comments2024-03-28T02:18:19.215-07:00Comments on Waiting For Stanley: Moves made by Dave Nonis in his tenure as GMSean Zandberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-29214349926187770702008-04-18T17:01:00.000-07:002008-04-18T17:01:00.000-07:00Being strapped for cash for those few years, I can...Being strapped for cash for those few years, I can see why he gambled with some acquisitions. Easy for us to say that he bombed in hindsight. His real test would have come this summer.Sean Zandberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-57901094987776508012008-04-18T15:42:00.000-07:002008-04-18T15:42:00.000-07:004 things that Nonis did well and the rest bombed. ...4 things that Nonis did well and the rest bombed. Personally I liked Nonis but looking at that list if he didn't make the Luongo trade happen he was a bad GM. But he DID move Bert (who is mediocre), Allen (who is average) and Auld (who is decent) for Luongo (a goalie stud), a decent dman, and a draft pick. <BR/><BR/>#1 move was the Luongo deal.<BR/>#2 was signing Willie "I might be the next Canuck captain" Mitchell<BR/>#3 was getting T.Pyatt from Buffalo.<BR/>#4 move was dealing Cloutier's salary and getting a pick in return. <BR/>oh yeah and #5 would be getting Shannon off Burke for Jason King. <BR/>Other than that he didn't do much except try and get Byron Ritchie and Brad Isbister to do something in Van. Didn't work.RevTrevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946092912107372284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-47309725490671441712008-04-16T09:32:00.000-07:002008-04-16T09:32:00.000-07:00Signing Willie Mitchell as a Free Agent wasn't a s...Signing Willie Mitchell as a Free Agent wasn't a stupid move, either. I'd put that move ahead of the Pyatt deal.<BR/><BR/>But there certainly is a whole lot of stale bread there.Temujinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432104447169346842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-32843821369577585692008-04-16T00:59:00.000-07:002008-04-16T00:59:00.000-07:00haha! Linden will be nothing more than an assistan...haha! Linden will be nothing more than an assistant coach or a scout. Aquilini is going to go with a bigger-name GM and I bet Viggy stays.<BR/>No doubt Nonis' plan didn't jive with Aquilini's. What a shame.Sean Zandberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-75486507678992115322008-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:002008-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:00You are right, Nonis had a plan and obviously it d...You are right, Nonis had a plan and obviously it didn't jive with the new owners plans...simple. Nonis was not Aquilini's guy. <BR/><BR/>I'm ambivalent to the whole thing. when you go through the list you just posted, there is a whole lot of white, stale bread in that list. Number one is obviously the Luongo deal...number two is probably picking up Taylor Pyatt for a song. Other than that...just like the product on the ice...boring, boring, boring. So, what part of you am I supposed to bite??<BR/><BR/>I've got nothing against Nonis...but it is interesting to hear and see people freaking out about it (on both sides). The one thing is for certain...the new GM will probably want their own coach.<BR/><BR/>Look for Linden to have a role of some sort. I think he is the key to this. Hmmm...can you imagine what he would want to do to a coach that sat him 23 times last season??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com