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Habs sign Paul Byron to three-year, $3.5M deal

I agree, our 4rth line isn't big and ideally you want some size.

Mitchell and Flynn are not big bodies, Flynn may be over 6'0 but he's built like a stick.

The best fourth line in hockey is on the Islanders, they are a pain to play against, are gritty and chip in once in a while.
 
GGpX said:
I still to this day do not understand the constant necessity to give term for depth players.

I understand that you can bury them at no cost in the AHL. That isn't the point.

Mitchell, Byron & Flynn are all signed and we only need one of those players. The other two are just taking up space for... why?

>says he wants this team to be bigger and tougher to play against
>signs one of the smallest players in the league for three years
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For a guy that was on waivers.

Why was he on waivers anyway? Not like Calgary is rich with talent.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
He has had four years on the job. I still say it is because he was a scrub and is always known as the 3rd guy on the Ville Emard Hurricanes behind Daigneault and Lemieux. He prefers the scrubs because he was one.
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very few GMs or coaches were above scrubs

so it should apply across the league
 
worm said:
very few GMs or coaches were above scrubs

so it should apply across the league
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It doesn't to this guy, who's an NHL GM, and a very good one:


Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM
1974-75 Drumheller Falcons AJHL 59 30 30 60 103
1975-76 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 62 5 11 16 69 9 1 1 2 20
1976-77 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 71 23 24 47 140 4 2 2 4 4
1977-78 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 72 47 46 93 252 12 8 7 15 37
1979-80 Canadian National Team Intl Statistics Unavailable
1980-81 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 79 28 34 62 222 16 9 8 17 38
1981-82 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 9 12 21 127 -13 -- -- -- -- --
1981-82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8 1 2 3 5 0 16 4 3 7 67
1982-83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 7 15 22 136 -18 4 0 0 0 6
1983-84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 9 6 15 78 -7 -- -- -- -- --
1983-84 Boston Bruins NHL 27 3 2 5 81 -5 3 0 0 0 4
1984-85 Boston Bruins NHL 49 1 9 10 62 -11 -- -- -- -- --
1984-85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 20 8 8 16 38 2 8 0 1 1 28
1985-86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 61 6 8 14 75 -6 3 0 0 0 4
1986-87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 36 3 4 7 52 1 3 0 0 0 7
1987-88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 24 0 1 1 44 -7 -- -- -- -- --
1987-88 Moncton Hawks AHL 3 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- --
1987-88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36 3 11 14 55 2 16 6 1 7 62
1988-89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 8 7 15 83 -1 6 0 0 0 25
1989-90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 20 10 8 18 24 -- -- -- -- --
1989-90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 0 2 2 18 -3 -- -- -- -- --
1990-91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 32 3 10 13 74 2 0 0 0 2
NHL Totals 524 58 87 145 854 59 10 5 15 203
 
BKerr said:
Hartley hated him.
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This is actually not true. Hartley does a weekly stink on Montreal French sports Radio where he discuss the league and his team. Mentionned that he really like Byron but the issue with Calgary was that he was often injured and because of it, didn't get the opportunity to proove himself. Hartley said he was disapointed when he was claimed but they were hoping his size would have people let him slide because I think he was being sent down in the AHL to try to get his things going after an injury to see more ice.
 
Yep, injuries and size were the main factors, I also read that Hartley liked him but they too had too many small players.
 
Krustchev said:
It doesn't to this guy, who's an NHL GM, and a very good one:


Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM
1974-75 Drumheller Falcons AJHL 59 30 30 60 103
1975-76 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 62 5 11 16 69 9 1 1 2 20
1976-77 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 71 23 24 47 140 4 2 2 4 4
1977-78 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 72 47 46 93 252 12 8 7 15 37
1979-80 Canadian National Team Intl Statistics Unavailable
1980-81 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 79 28 34 62 222 16 9 8 17 38
1981-82 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 9 12 21 127 -13 -- -- -- -- --
1981-82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8 1 2 3 5 0 16 4 3 7 67
1982-83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 65 7 15 22 136 -18 4 0 0 0 6
1983-84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 9 6 15 78 -7 -- -- -- -- --
1983-84 Boston Bruins NHL 27 3 2 5 81 -5 3 0 0 0 4
1984-85 Boston Bruins NHL 49 1 9 10 62 -11 -- -- -- -- --
1984-85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 20 8 8 16 38 2 8 0 1 1 28
1985-86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 61 6 8 14 75 -6 3 0 0 0 4
1986-87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 36 3 4 7 52 1 3 0 0 0 7
1987-88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 24 0 1 1 44 -7 -- -- -- -- --
1987-88 Moncton Hawks AHL 3 0 0 0 6 -- -- -- -- --
1987-88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36 3 11 14 55 2 16 6 1 7 62
1988-89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 8 7 15 83 -1 6 0 0 0 25
1989-90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 20 10 8 18 24 -- -- -- -- --
1989-90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 0 2 2 18 -3 -- -- -- -- --
1990-91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 32 3 10 13 74 2 0 0 0 2
NHL Totals 524 58 87 145 854 59 10 5 15 203
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You think that career totals of 58 goals and 87 assists elevates Nill above the scrub level? It's barely better than Bergevin's numbers as a player.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
You think that career totals of 58 goals and 87 assists elevates Nill above the scrub level? It's barely better than Bergevin's numbers as a player.
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No, my point was that Nill WAS a scrub, which you missed because, I assume, you didn't read Worm's post in the context that it was posted.
 
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