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Mark's avatar

Not a big Dorion fan either and while I agree with the commenter below that there is a Melnyk factor, I don't think he has played his hand well at all within the constraints (and recently without those constraints). He has had to clean up his own messes multiple times and even then, has taken the easy route out. He is a bad negotiator, while people complain about Dubas overpaying 1st line players, Dorion overpays 3rd and 4th line players and we always seem to be on the wrong end of deals. We either pay too much or get too little...always. He could've handled Debrincat like Colorado did Duchene but instead he too the easy route, negotiated in the media (unprofessionally in my opinion) and then blamed the player.

In all of this, what is getting missed is what was/is his cap plan? If we signed ADC to 8 x 8 how would we have fit that under the cap while building out the roster? He seems so emotional and unprofessional he just gets excited about things like a kid and then doesn't know how to deal with the consequences.

Anyways rant over...cant wait for new ownership, a new GM, and new scouting to build a team based on logic and data versus emotional swings. Don't get me started on all the wasted pics either in the draft or bad trades for 3rd liners haha

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Blair Armitage's avatar

I’m not a huge Dorion fan. He has a pattern of saying things publicly that either betray poor negotiating judgement by revealing too much, or of exposing his lack of thorough consideration of what his words mean. However, the Melnyk factor cannot be ignored. The owner’s impecunious state had to have limited and influenced Dorion to a significant degree. It did Murray who was far more experienced. So 6 years of futility is nothing to be happy with but the former owner has to take a ton of the blame as well. And the lengthy sale process may well be partially to blame for uncertainty recently as well.

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