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RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-14-2020
Still taking questions, though I am headed to bed now, will answer in the AM while at work.
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Tomen - 09-14-2020
biggest missed opportunity in your career as a GM be it a miss in the draft when you could have had them/missed trade/ missed FA signing ?
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - jRuutu - 09-14-2020
1. What do you think about players who want to test free agency and maybe even end up leaving for free?
2. Scholar and gentleman, are these two words in the top-5 words that come to your mind when thinking about Ensio Kalju?
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - SlashACM - 09-14-2020
How big of a beaut is karl though
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-14-2020
09-14-2020, 04:47 AMTomen Wrote: biggest missed opportunity in your career as a GM be it a miss in the draft when you could have had them/missed trade/ missed FA signing ?
Without a doubt in my mind my biggest miss in the draft has to be in S46
I was still in Montreal at the time I’m guessing in an advisory role or something of the sorts so I was really familiar with the players activity levels in the locker room, we had picks 50 and 54 in the draft and as we got to pick 50 I had two players without a doubt that I wanted on the team and they were both from Montreal, but @TommySalami had recently joined the management team in Edmonton and we had started grooming him for the eventual GM position and he felt really strongly about a different player. I decided to allow him to choose his guy at 50 and I’d pick one of my guys at 54.
Both players I wanted have turned out to be great players in the league, and sadly Tommy boy’s pick ended up refusing to sign with us because we were the Blue Toy Dog’s or BTD’s for short. In retrospect it’s easy to say “Yeah I shouldn’t have let Tommy make the pick and I would have gotten my guy” but who knows how the whole scenario pans out if I select the initial player at 50, maybe we wouldn’t have gotten one of my favourite players in the league in @“James Truong” at 54.
If everything else plays out the same and we still would have gotten James at 54, I’d call not drafting my initial target at 50 is my biggest regret as a manager so far, but life has no guarantees and ultimately I can still say I’m happy with how that draft turned out overall.
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-14-2020
09-14-2020, 07:56 AMjRuutu Wrote: 1. What do you think about players who want to test free agency and maybe even end up leaving for free?
It is honestly one of the only things players have control over is who they play for, and often times it is avoidable if you can provide whatever it is the player seems to be looking for in free agency.
With that being said I wouldn’t ever compromise my teams success to please the wants of one individual, Hockey is a team game and I’ll always value team success over individual.
Sure, it blows losing an important piece, especially for free but it’s the nature of the business and my players don’t owe me anything, they would still have a team without me, I wouldn’t have a team without them.
09-14-2020, 07:56 AMjRuutu Wrote: 2. Scholar and gentleman, are these two words in the top-5 words that come to your mind when thinking about Ensio Kalju?
Ensio Kalju was great his time with the Blizzard, I have no issues with anything that happened while a member of the Blizzard, he ended up traded and we netted an incredible piece with the returns in Finn Rhys.
I’d say Independent, Gritty, Hard-Nosed, and Team Player as my five words.
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-14-2020
09-14-2020, 09:47 AMSlashACM Wrote: How big of a beaut is karl though
Karl’s been there from the start for me and he’s always been an influential player in the Edmonton locker room, but I am sure he knows how loved he is.
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - GeckoeyGecko - 09-14-2020
09-13-2020, 09:24 PMKeygan Wrote:09-13-2020, 08:36 PMNokazoa Wrote: Favorite Sig Maker on site?
It's going to sound stupid when I eventually bring this back around to you, but I have always always always absolutely loved Karey's work I think he does some of the best graphics works I have ever seen and I've been around signatures a long time.
Wasty has also been a great graphic designer on the site for a long time, but I haven't seen his work much in the last three of four seasons.
Turd's took the graphics section by storm again and I love his work too, but I don't know how much he is around anymore.
and finally Noka, you've improved leaps and bounds since you initially started, and I genuinely believe the work you're showing off recently in Edmonton's discord are a totally different style than anything Wasty, Karey or Turd have done, but you do what you do so incredibly well. I love the vibes your latest work gives off.
I'd call those my top 4 right now, but I'm sure I'm missing someone elite.
its a damn good top 4
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - GeckoeyGecko - 09-14-2020
where do i fall in the tier of worst/best CoGMs all time
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-14-2020
09-14-2020, 11:30 AMGeckoeyGecko Wrote: where do i fall in the tier of worst/best CoGMs all time
You’re definitely not last, because your player got to a respectable TPE level, I would probably call Joester the worst Co-GM of all time he peaked at like 220 TPE, the pick didn’t make sense at the time or in hindsight. Had no idea what the plan was there.
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - GeckoeyGecko - 09-14-2020
09-14-2020, 12:20 PMKeygan Wrote:09-14-2020, 11:30 AMGeckoeyGecko Wrote: where do i fall in the tier of worst/best CoGMs all time
You’re definitely not last, because your player got to a respectable TPE level, I would probably call Joester the worst Co-GM of all time he peaked at like 220 TPE, the pick didn’t make sense at the time or in hindsight. Had no idea what the plan was there.
NOT LAST LETS GOOOOOO
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - caltroit_red_flames - 09-14-2020
y fletch?
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Inf1d3l - 09-14-2020
You do you like me so much?
Why are waffles better than pancakes?
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - kit - 09-15-2020
First lime munutes?
RE: Keygan's post draft brutally honest presser. - Keygan - 09-16-2020
Last chance for brutally honest answers, will finish questions when I get off work