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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
Lolol @ people with blinding emotional connections
He'll never be traded at this point due to as I said, off-ice presence, but if Mike Gillis was honest in saying that to win a cup you need 4 lines that can contribute, a 4th line centered by manny has very little contributions.
And as for you guys saying I'm the one who doesn't know anything, Ive probably played more high level hockey than you guys have watched in my life and I've been posting in this thread before most of you had even joined RS..
As for who I would trade him for, I'd trade him for any physical defensive forward who isnt scared to play the game the way it should be played in the defensive end, if you people cannot say you've seen numerous turn overs in his attempts at penalty killing and even exiting the Canucks zone, you really must be blind..
A "face off" specialist is VERY useful when you have hank, Kes, and Cody on face off duty..
If people think he is so valuable, who wants to make a wager that he's let go once his contract expires? MG can't wait for that day.
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This explains a lot of what manny has to offer.
The plus minus i attribute to starting in your own zone ~90% of the time, not saying starting in your own zone means that you can't score. But in most cases once manny gets out of the zone, he gets on the bench.
Now as for MG wanting to get rid of him, maybe thats your hockey senses tingling, but it sure sounds like armchair gm to me. Besides, even if manny leaves, there are many reason that could happen. Maybe he's demanding the same money, I certainly do not think he's worht the 2.5mil he's earnign right now. Or he thinks he'll have more opportunity elsewhere.
Any notion that you think you know whats going on with management is pure speculation, unless you're going to tell me you've managed a national hockey league team before. =)