Caloun played just 11 games in Columbus before going back to Finland, and Paroulek never got a chance to see what he could do. The unfortunate part was both the overvaluing of Caloun and the failure to put the screws to San Jose. Outcome: Obviously, Nabokov would have been an excellent pickup.
#DOUG MACCLEAN PLUS#
For what it's worth, Minnesota sent an 8th-rounder to San Jose plus these same "considerations" in exchange for a third-rounder, a seventh-rounder, and Andy Sutton. Reason: Adding a scoring forward plus a late draft pick seemed like a good idea. Received: 278th overall, 2000 draft (Martin Paroulek), Jan Caloun Traded: Considerations (agreement not to select San Jose goalie Evgeny Nabokov in expansion draft) When criticism started to mount in 2005-06, MacLean didn't defend him and didn't say anything about the sorry blueline he'd put together. Roberto Luongo was facing 30 shots a game, Marc Denis was facing not just 30 shots, but 18-25 that were high-quality scoring chances. The reality is that Denis really wasn't that bad, but people tend to forget how brutal the blueliners in front of him were.
There was no doubt that he was going to be a star not necessarily All-Star material, but among the ten best in the game.
The 2000 draft was thin on goalies and talent, and if a 23-year-old Denis were in that draft pool, he'd be in the top-five. Outcome: When this move went down, I thought, "This guy (MacLean) is really putting something special together the right way". Reason: The goaltending future after an aging Ron Tugnutt was non-existent Denis was 23 and looked to have a bright future. Traded: 32nd overall, 2000 draft (Tomas Kurka) Unfortunately, he was never the same after a certain tragedy of which we will not speak. Knutsen brought scoring to an offensively-starved team and was popular with his teammates. Outcome: I was ecstatic when this deal was made, and my enthusiasm turned out to be justified. In addition, he was willing to move back to North America (his one prior year being less than a thrilling one). Reason: Knutsen was 28 and had just led the Swedish Elite League in scoring. Traded: 105th overall, 2001 draft (Vladimir Korsunov) In time, he may have developed into a bottom-six forward, but impatience led to his being moved. Outcome: It turns out that Nielsen wasn't that good of a prospect to begin with. Reason: The first trade of the new team! The likelihood of two late picks turning into something compared with a moderately-skilled prospect made this a good move to make. Traded: 98th overall, 2000 draft (Jonas Ronnqvist), 264th overall, 2000 draft (Dmitri Altarev)
#DOUG MACCLEAN SERIES#
Also, a series of random signings for depth have been condensed into single notes rather than looking at each individually. I have excluded the expansion draft for obvious reasons, but the trades surrounding it are noted. The fact that Robert Kron currently holds the first-line spot doesn't mean that moving him for a good return should be delayed or prevented simply because he has some amount of token importance to an expansion team.īut now, without further ado, it begins.a look at every transaction of the Doug MacLean era. To anyone else, it's the loss of a fourth-liner. If Robert Kron were traded in October of 2000, it would represent the loss of the Jackets' first-line center. It's also important to note that, with the makeup of the average expansion team roster, there should be zero consideration given to where exactly a player is currently slotted.
Any one of these represents a clear path to take. It would also be another thing to trade those picks and prospects to have a greater shot at early success, knowing that a later collapse is a foregone conclusion. It also would have been one thing to draft them, sign them, and miss out on those picks but have a better chance of early success. It would have been entirely possible to draft nothing but pending UFAs, let them all walk, and collect the compensatory picks. When building an expansion team, it is pretty much universally recognized that the team is going to struggle off the bat, and the few that don't usually have a collapse that results from having done things in reverse. (I've been feeling a bit better, but this was exhausting)īefore getting into the transaction reports, a few notes from me.
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