Armchair GM: Offseason Roster Moves and Rumors

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I really think people believe hiring a GM is just like hiring some clerk where you spend 30 minutes on an interview and at the end of the week you decide the best candidate...

Indeed

 

[EspenK]

I'm rooting for Edmonton tonight so that we can continue the Holland speculation for at least another 2 weeks.

 

[Viqsi]

I'm rooting for Edmonton tonight so that we can continue the Holland speculation for at least another 2 weeks.

 

[cbjthrowaway]

the only reason why i want a GM in place sooner rather than later is so we can get back to the deranged armchair GM discussion posts that keep me entertained in the offseason.

in the meantime i'm gonna be workshopping a "trade everyone, then call up the entire AHL team, then trade those guys too and sign a full roster of guys with GRIT" hot take

 

[LJ7]

the only reason why i want a GM in place sooner rather than later is so we can get back to the deranged armchair GM discussion posts that keep me entertained in the offseason.

in the meantime i'm gonna be workshopping a "trade everyone, then call up the entire AHL team, then trade those guys too and sign a full roster of guys with GRIT" hot take

I miss mocking up lineups that the coach would never actually implement, I'm about to resume doing that with a GM in office or not

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I don't know why everyone's fussing. Our favorite topic is - as it has always been - ourselves

 

[Cyclones Rock]

I don't know why everyone's fussing. Our favorite topic is - as it has always been - ourselves

Speak for yourself. Never mind. You always do.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Speak for yourself. Never mind. You always do.

Nobody else will claim me.

 

[Viqsi]

the only reason why i want a GM in place sooner rather than later is so we can get back to the deranged armchair GM discussion posts that keep me entertained in the offseason.

in the meantime i'm gonna be workshopping a "trade everyone, then call up the entire AHL team, then trade those guys too and sign a full roster of guys with GRIT" hot take

Meanwhile I'm still working out all the details of exactly how I'm going to justify banning everybody here to the admin staff. It'll be my greatest challenge yet, because despite best efforts they still don't accept "they annoyed me" as a rationale.

 

[KJ Dangler]

It's not necessarily one or the other. They both could say no or we could just simply want to make sure we've talked to everyone we could before making a decision.

Bobby Mac today , said people assume Holland or Hunter are being looked at as GM.. what if JD slides into a different role , and they are being considered for President role .. he answered this way when specifically asked about Holland

 

[Indy18]

Bobby Mac today , said people assume Holland or Hunter are being looked at as GM.. what if JD slides into a different role , and they are being considered for President role .. he answered this way when specifically asked about Holland

From the beginning of the Holland rumors that's been my guess. Everyone's complaining about JD not getting fired but I think the one thing people are forgetting is he probably had a good ole boy agreement that he will help hire a new GM/President then he will "retire" to save face instead of getting "fired" on the last job of his career. Since the Jarmo firing I always assumed he's just around to keep the lights on and hand over the keys to the new tenant, especially since he's had health issues which prevented Jarmo getting fired than it sounded like ownership wanted too.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

Speculation: - Holland & Columbus. Columbus & Holland. In it together. How? Why?

Figured this deserved its own thread. That’s pretty much the unofficial way of saying Holland won’t be back with the Oilers in any capacity, thank God. He wound up being no better than Chiarelli failing to fill three major holes they needed filled when he took over. Bad contracts, cap hell...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[EspenK]

I'm rooting for Edmonton tonight so that we can continue the Holland speculation for at least another 2 weeks.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

 

[EDM]

i continue to fear that the new GM will just be a placeholder until Nash takes over and completely runs the franchise into the ground.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

i continue to fear that the new GM will just be a placeholder until Nash takes over and completely runs the franchise into the ground.

It's almost there. He won't have much to do.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[GoJackets1]

While I agree this is the most likely scenario due to the roster logjam we already have, how could we possibly know this before a new GM is in place?

 

[CBJx614]

While I agree this is the most likely scenario due to the roster logjam we already have, how could we possibly know this before a new GM is in place?

We don't have a lot of roster openings and a lot of kids pushing for spots. Unless we get some major trades there's just not a lot openings.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I really think people believe hiring a GM is just like hiring some clerk where you spend 30 minutes on an interview and at the end of the week you decide the best candidate...

You could have told me that was how Babcock was hired and I might have believed you.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Well, yeah. SEVEN RFAs to get signed, new GM coming in, and a team that still probably may have too many bottom of the lineup skaters and not enough roster space for them all.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I've been assuming (hoping?) that the new GM will do some sorting out of the roster via trades, sending out some players who don't fit or are somewhat redundant for some other players who "connect" our existing guys a bit better, maybe getting a little older in the process. But yeah I don't think we're to the place yet where UFAs are going to be a piece of the roster-building puzzle yet.