Petro, Barbashev, Mikkola

[2forDiving]

Petro was drunk on dollars and wanted max. Army traded for Faulk and "captain" Petro was icy in his reception. He kicked himself off the team due to his greed and desire to keep icing the puck in the final 2 minutes.

Why does Opie need to keep being reminded?

B S

Army won the cup and decided to act like this wasn’t about players but about how well this is managed.

He Jerry Kraused Petro.

He leveraged Petro bringing in Faulk a then signed a really bad human being in Krug the day before he signed in Vegas for less money when taxes and cost of living is accounted for.

He married a StL girl and wanted to be here. I know this personally.

Really bad human being? My God you Petro sycophants have mental issues. Seek help.

[theograce]

Petro was drunk on dollars and wanted max. Army traded for Faulk and "captain" Petro was icy in his reception. He kicked himself off the team due to his greed and desire to keep icing the puck in the final 2 minutes.

Why does Opie need to keep being reminded?

B S

Army won the cup and decided to act like this wasn’t about players but about how well this is managed.

He Jerry Kraused Petro.

He leveraged Petro bringing in Faulk a then signed a really bad human being in Krug the day before he signed in Vegas for less money when taxes and cost of living is accounted for.

He married a StL girl and wanted to be here. I know this personally.

Really bad human being? My God you Petro sycophants have mental issues. Seek help.

Armstrong needs some help I think. He can’t stop seeing him every time he walks by statues. Medication probably won’t help that.

[2forDiving]

Petro was drunk on dollars and wanted max. Army traded for Faulk and "captain" Petro was icy in his reception. He kicked himself off the team due to his greed and desire to keep icing the puck in the final 2 minutes.

Why does Opie need to keep being reminded?

B S

Army won the cup and decided to act like this wasn’t about players but about how well this is managed.

He Jerry Kraused Petro.

He leveraged Petro bringing in Faulk a then signed a really bad human being in Krug the day before he signed in Vegas for less money when taxes and cost of living is accounted for.

He married a StL girl and wanted to be here. I know this personally.

Really bad human being? My God you Petro sycophants have mental issues. Seek help.

Armstrong needs some help I think. He can’t stop seeing him every time he walks by statues. Medication probably won’t help that.

He made a smart move. Like I said, the sycophants have issues. Some even pretend to be in the mental health field and make up stories about living in the Canadian Rockies. Or being beat up by Jason Marshall. Odd ducks, those folks.

[theograce]

He made a smart move.

You should reach out and offer him support. Sounds like he needs it. He’s still seeing things

[sdaltons]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

[Ziggy3]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

[2forDiving]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

How much revenue would he have generated in those possible postseason games vs the 4 years he wouldn’t have suited up for games? His longevity played a role in the decision. He didn’t miss many hits. He wasn’t a Makar or Hughes that makes guy miss. He took a lot of punishment over the years.

[Ziggy3]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

How much revenue would he have generated in those possible postseason games vs the 4 years he wouldn’t have suited up for games? His longevity played a role in the decision. He didn’t miss many hits. He wasn’t a Makar or Hughes that makes guy miss. He took a lot of punishment over the years.

I don't recall his durability being in question at the time, but even if it was...I'd say he'd still net quite a bit more than Krug?

[smilinjoefission]

Barbashev? Mikkola? My heavens


And Petro was offered the highest contract in franchise history in the middle of the unknown covid times. Faulk was meant to replace Parayko after Petro signed and they moved 55 for a haul. Too bad Petro's greed got in the way.

That’s why Armstrong calls it the biggest mistake of his professional life…over a greedy man.

Makes sense. I can see why you rarely talk about hockey

Laughing

Army's biggest mistake is the 3yr/$18.3m contract for Fowler...looking like his second mistake was signing Monty to a 5 year deal.

[TheJackBurton]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

His original ask was for Doughty and Karlsson money, along with a signing bonus and NMC. He wasn't worth that.

People (buzz) and complain on here about a partial-NTC, good lord the eye gouging if he was here with a full NMC.

[TAFKAP]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

So, not only are you playing if only, you are ignoring reality. Are you saying Las Vegas made Petros kids sick? Are you saying if he'd stayed, none of his injuries would put him where he is today? Where is AP now?

20-21 41gp 23points (kids illness) 9.5 aav
21-22 80gp 44points (I agree we could have used him, but no Colt) 9.5 aav
22-23 73gp 54points (he wasn't helping our team) 9.5 aav
23-24 64gp 33points 9.5 aav
24-25 71gp 33points 9.5 aav
25-26 LTIR Told fans he was done (can you imagine no AP no Colt?) 9.5 aav
26-27 LTIR 9.5 aav
27-28 LTIR (If the Blues signed him to an 8 year deal) 9.5 aav


If you are ok with this albatross, don't mention anything Army has signed before because this is franchise destroyingly bad. This is Petro wearing cement boots with an engine block attached to his waist while strapped to the anchor on Titanic bad. This is how you become Buffalo. We dodged a bullet.

[Ziggy3]

So you would have given him everything he demanded?...

Yep, pretty much. One skill of being a GM is understanding when a player might be pretty accurate with their assessment of themselves, and has all the leverage.

It was covid. A lot of uncertainty on what the upcoming season would look like. I'm sure the owners were seeing effects with their other business ventures as well. They went as far as they could and it wasn't enough.

Fair. But regardless of their reasoning, I believe they miscalculated. He was worth what he was asking, and especially so for the Blues. The extra playoff revenue he likely would've helped the team generate would've probably put them ahead on the deal in the end.

So, not only are you playing if only, you are ignoring reality. Are you saying Las Vegas made Petros kids sick? Are you saying if he'd stayed, none of his injuries would put him where he is today? Where is AP now?

20-21 41gp 23points (kids illness) 9.5 aav
21-22 80gp 44points (I agree we could have used him, but no Colt) 9.5 aav
22-23 73gp 54points (he wasn't helping our team) 9.5 aav
23-24 64gp 33points 9.5 aav
24-25 71gp 33points 9.5 aav
25-26 LTIR Told fans he was done (can you imagine no AP no Colt?) 9.5 aav
26-27 LTIR 9.5 aav
27-28 LTIR (If the Blues signed him to an 8 year deal) 9.5 aav


If you are ok with this albatross, don't mention anything Army has signed before because this is franchise destroyingly bad. This is Petro wearing cement boots with an engine block attached to his waist while strapped to the anchor on Titanic bad. This is how you become Buffalo. We dodged a bullet.

No, I'm saying that in the time he left until now, the Blues would've likely played in and won more playoff games than they did. And where is he now? Idk, maybe playing golf with Krug?

[theograce]

Barbashev? Mikkola? My heavens


And Petro was offered the highest contract in franchise history in the middle of the unknown covid times. Faulk was meant to replace Parayko after Petro signed and they moved 55 for a haul. Too bad Petro's greed got in the way.

That’s why Armstrong calls it the biggest mistake of his professional life…over a greedy man.

Makes sense. I can see why you rarely talk about hockey

Laughing

Army's biggest mistake is the 3yr/$18.3m contract for Fowler...looking like his second mistake was signing Monty to a 5 year deal.

That’s not what he thinks and he’s smarter than you … remember?

[Tabasco Flowers]

How many more screen names does this guy need to talk to himself?

I count at least 3 in this thread alone.

There's only 1 person on this planet who's forsaken the real world to regale this forum with the daily and everlasting quest of remembrance of the 3 most important centers of his existence:

-Army s*cks (especially for trading Petro)
-Petro is God
-Top 5 picks are the only way he'll ever cease his incessant whining

Side projects:
-Broberg is soft (and hated for the very notion he could potentially replace Petro)

This.

[theograce]

I worry about Doug. This is still haunting him both professionally and personally.

Heavy regret is linked to health issues and we don’t wish that upon anyone.

[Aesa]

I worry about Doug. This is still haunting him both professionally and personally.

Heavy regret is linked to health issues and we don’t wish that upon anyone.

Your concern for Army is just as fake as your fandom for the Blues.