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  CRACK THE CODE - February 23, 2007 The NHL General Managers meeting just ended, and as usual they accomplished nothing. But they argue that doing nothing was the right way to go for two reasons. First of all the game is fine the way it is. Secondly, they all had early tee times and didn’t want to be late. Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, says the game needs a breather from the constant change. "It's time to establish continuity, you can't keep making changes," he said. "Let' s not confuse the fans." Hockey Spy.com translation: “The fans are confused.” The league's 30 GMs wrapped up three days of meetings where the trade talk was more prevalent than the actual league agenda. "I have a better sense of the market now as I head home," said Holland, actively searching for an impact forward. "The prices remain too high. Whether nor not we'll be willing to pay that price next Tuesday at the deadline remains to be seen." Hockey Spy.com translation: “If I wait a week, so desperate clown will cave in and give me what I want.” "Unless the prices come down, we're not going to do anything," said Burke. "I haven't been thrown anything that I even have to think about yet. It's the same guys coming after the same group of young players and they're not going for a rental. It's that simple. If the prices don't come down, we'll probably sit it out." Hockey Spy.com translation: “Let’s face it. I am a lot smarter than these other GM’s. I can outwit them without even thinking. If I can’t prove that I’ll just sit it out. If I can’t rape a team in a trade, I won’t trade at all. A minor trade might help our roster, but it wouldn’t do anything for my already fantastic reputation.” Toronto has given away prospects and picks many times at past deadlines and Ferguson wants to be careful. "You always have a temptation, and you weigh everything," he said. "But going back over the years, this club is still affected by some of the short-term thinking that did not result in the success that we are looking for. That is part of what we are dealing with right now." Hockey Spy.com translation: “I don’t want to hurt this team with short term thinking. Instead I plan to screw up the franchise with some really lousy long term thinking.” |
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