House Cleaning in Ottawa? NEW and IMPROVED

Sens4thecup wrote:Is this for real?

Sens4thecup wrote:Is this for real?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:According to Betrand "Bert" Raymond of Sun Media, Melnyk has selected Pat Quinn and Bob Nicholson to succeed Craig Hartsburg and Bryan Murray, respectively.

OUT: Roy "The Snake Oil Salesman" Mlakar, Bryan Murray, Craig Hartsburg

IN: Bob Nicholson (Pres.), Steven "Stevie" Yzerman, Pat Quinn

As heard on Team 990 from Bob McKenzie.

The "NEW and IMPROVED" part has been bolded for ease of reference.

Thank you.

cash wrote:
I need to know the context of the statement. I trust McKenzie when he says something because he is very deliberate in the way he phrases and responds to things. He takes significant pains to avoid being an Eklund. He filters and verifies...
Was he saying it like it was virtually done? Or was he simply passing along something he had heard through the grapevine?

Cronenbergfan wrote:HOLY S**T!! Is it finally happening?

Here's my take, and I would love to hear what you all think:

If this shakeup, as reported by MacKenzie on Team 990, occurs or happens AS IS, does that mean the NEW bosses expect the team to turn around?
If so, I have to say, I was starting to get used to the losing and looking forward to the possibility of landing Tavares and/or Hedman...

Besides whipping the boys into shape as Quinn is supposedly a master at doing, what could Stevie Y do to make this team INSTANTLY accountable and better?

cash wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:According to Betrand "Bert" Raymond of Sun Media, Melnyk has selected Pat Quinn and Bob Nicholson to succeed Craig Hartsburg and Bryan Murray, respectively.

OUT: Roy "The Snake Oil Salesman" Mlakar, Bryan Murray, Craig Hartsburg

IN: Bob Nicholson (Pres.), Steven "Stevie" Yzerman, Pat Quinn

As heard on Team 990 from Bob McKenzie.

The "NEW and IMPROVED" part has been bolded for ease of reference.

Thank you.

I need to know the context of the statement. I trust McKenzie when he says something because he is very deliberate in the way he phrases and responds to things. He takes significant pains to avoid being an Eklund. He filters and verifies...
Was he saying it like it was virtually done? Or was he simply passing along something he had heard through the grapevine?

MurderOnIce wrote:Stevie Y is a good fit. There is no-one else I would choose. Especially not Nicholson and even more not Messier. If Stevie wants the jobs take it for some respect in the room. Other than that Murray has not been the problem in my books. He won the Tampa trade outright. He got us character players to start the year. The room is just poison. That falls on leadership of the team. Phillips has been piss poor and he is one I would like to see go. Alfie is worn down I think but he has been horrible lately. And Heatly is wearing an 'A' and he has been awful.

Perhaps the cheapest solution, give Smith an 'A' and give Neil or Donovan an 'A'. Strip the other two jokers. I would even think of relieving Alfie of the 'C'.

shabbs wrote:Does anyone have the text of what McKenzie said? Was he just suggesting this would "make sense" or was he saying "this was the deal that was going to go down"?

shabbs wrote:Does anyone have the text of what McKenzie said? Was he just suggesting this would "make sense" or was he saying "this was the deal that was going to go down"?

Number Twenty Nine wrote:

MurderOnIce wrote:Stevie Y is a good fit. There is no-one else I would choose. Especially not Nicholson and even more not Messier. If Stevie wants the jobs take it for some respect in the room. Other than that Murray has not been the problem in my books. He won the Tampa trade outright. He got us character players to start the year. The room is just poison. That falls on leadership of the team. Phillips has been piss poor and he is one I would like to see go. Alfie is worn down I think but he has been horrible lately. And Heatly is wearing an 'A' and he has been awful.

Perhaps the cheapest solution, give Smith an 'A' and give Neil or Donovan an 'A'. Strip the other two jokers. I would even think of relieving Alfie of the 'C'.

finally someone agrees with me....

Cronenbergfan wrote:If this shakeup, as reported by MacKenzie on Team 990, occurs or happens AS IS, does that mean the NEW bosses expect the team to turn around?
If so, I have to say, I was starting to get used to the losing and looking forward to the possibility of landing Tavares and/or Hedman...

Besides whipping the boys into shape as Quinn is supposedly a master at doing, what could Stevie Y do to make this team INSTANTLY accountable and better?

504Heater wrote:And can Yzerman suit up as the 2nd line center? He'd have more points at 40 than Fisher and Vermette combined. It would take him around a week.