I mean, if this deal is real, it shows a complete lack of ability to judge NHL-level talent and compensate accordingly. They really do see Miller as a key component of their team if they give him this contract. Which is enough to make my eyes bleed.I'm done with Sweeney and Neely..... Just done. They are horrific
I hate everything.I absolutely agree K. Miller should not be brought back with McQuaid on the roster. Not even a question to me.
With the Bruins belief on him, I have a different reaction. I think they value him, unfortunately, alarmingly more than we do. I don't just expect him to be back, I expect them to pay him $2.5-3m a year on a multi-year deal. I think they overvalue defenseman like him, and are going to be gun shy about "losing" him and "hurting their depth". I am legitimately afraid of this. Like little kids afraid of the dark stuff. It gets into my dreams. Also, I have problems.
The only hope I hold onto is that Neely drove the "tough to play against" thing that led to the Rinaldo and McQuaid deals. Now that he's under fire (and that strategy failed epically), I remain hopefulthey will move on from K. Miller. I just can't get myself to believe it.
Why couldn't you just have been TheFakeness?My post from the post-mortem thread:
Yep, there's a fundamental misunderstanding here about what it takes to put a winning team on the ice, and a frightening lack of imagination.I mean, if this deal is real, it shows a complete lack of ability to judge NHL-level talent and compensate accordingly. They really do see Miller as a key component of their team if they give him this contract. Which is enough to make my eyes bleed.
Someone tell Cam and Don the 80s are over. My God.
He's slow, has zero puck skills, can't move it out of the zone, and redundant considering who else is on the roster.He was +15 last year guys, what's the problem???
Fuck. Now I've got to go crack another beer.I can't wait until they can't re-sign Marchand because they're up against the cap.
I'm trying not to sob at my desk. I just bit he head off of a client and a co-worker. I think I need to send a company wide email to leave me alone for 24 hours while I try to cope with this.Why couldn't you just have been TheFakeness?
Millar can at least draw a walk and has unquestionable clubhouse intangibles. I mean, the guys all love him. Cowboy up!I mean, like, what the fuck.
I like Kevin Millar, I really do, but at 1-2 years at $750k. Like, what the fuck, here. Four more years of Kevin Millar? What did he do last year that proved that kind of worth? Sign him to 1-2 years and see if he fucking improves and then sign him longer, right? What other team out there was offering anything close to that length of a contract besides NONE.
A 1-2 year deal does that trick and then reevaluate. What the fuck am I missing here?
Cam and Don are stuck in the "glory days" of the 80s when they were Bruins.I get the Miller did seem to improve as the year went on, and his possession stats weren't half bad when compared to the rest of the stiffs behind the blue line. But the money that was thrown at him and McQuaid just shocks me.
Not sure if this is Sweeney; or Neely. But something seems to be amiss, and signings like this and McQuaid's make it appear that neither one understands the realities of today's NHL game.
At this point I think I just hope they hurry up and get there so we can get them out and maybe get a good pick and start over before it gets too bad. I hate myself.It's a shame, because as players they really were great here, but I suspect Cam and Don are gonna take this team down the shitter in a big damn hurry. They don't get it.
Probably April of next year when they miss the playoffs yet again, and have little to nothing as far as cap space and young developing players.You would think that Neely & Sweeney would flip on the TV and realize that guys like Kevan Miller and Adam McQuaid are dinosaurs in today's game. I look forward to the day that Charlie Jacobs realizes that the current management team is completely incompetent and should be immediately fired.
LOL, you wish. Next April is merely when Claude gets the boot and the wonder twins can finally install Their Guy on the bench to turn things around.Probably April of next year when they miss the playoffs yet again, and have little to nothing as far as cap space and young developing players.
You mean Mike Millbury?LOL, you wish. Next April is merely when Claude gets the boot and the wonder twins can finally install Their Guy on the bench to turn things around.