![]() This isn’t a time for patting people on the back. But you know what? You’ve got the best player in the world on your bench and you’re in a 4-4 game in a must win at home, you’ve got to go with your best. The fourth line gave them a great effort, there’s no doubt about that, and they deserve an opportunity. And I know the fourth line played well but you’ve got Connor McDavid on the bench in a 4-4 game and you go with your fourth line? I don’t understand that. MacLean has a point here, but perhaps not a major one This in from Sportsnet commentator Doug MacLean, his take on Oilers coach Todd McLellan playing the fourth line of Mark Letestu, Jujhar Khaira and Zack Kassian late in the game: “I’m a little frustrated at the end of the game with a minute and a half left they come with their fourth line. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĬult of Hockey Sportsnet's Doug MacLean criticizes Todd McLellan for playing fourth line late in loss to Toronto Maple Leafs.MacLean made the deal because he had already made deals to have Ron Tugnutt and Marc Denis as his goalies.īrian Burke was general manager in Vancouver back then, and MacLean remembers Burke jokingly telling him that he would give him the secret to success. He drafted Geoff Sanderson, who scored 30 goals in Columbus' first season.īut he remembers taking Jan Caloun and picks from the San Jose Sharks in order to not draft Evgeni Nabokov. He remembers making some good deals, such as getting a second-round pick from the Montreal Canadiens for not taking Eric Weinrich. ![]() MacLean laughs at the memories of general managers telling him they would "do him a favour down the road" if he would give them a break during the expansion process." His advice to McPhee? "Really be tough on deals," he said. "(McPhee) is in a better situation where he can cut better deals because there are better players available." of Qualicum Beach, BC passed away at Nanaimo Regional General. "There was not much available to us, and we made soft deals," MacLean said. To fill the Golden Knights' roster, teams could only protect seven forwards, three defencemen and one goalie or eight defencemen or forwards and one goalie. The Golden Knights paid $500 million to enter, and their expansion draft scenario is more favourable. He drafted a free agent or European prospect and simply didn't sign them. MacLean remembers there were several teams that offered no one he wanted. James Douglas MacLean (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian sportscaster working for Rogers Medias Sportsnet and former ice hockey coach and general manager. In the last expansion, when the Wild and Blue Jackets entered the NHL for $80 million, teams could protect most of their important players. MacLean said if he had it to do over, "I would be much different cutting deals." One rumour: If Brent Burns hadn't re-signed in San Jose, the Golden Knights were going to make him an offer he could not have refused. The Golden Knights are also expected to make a run at some higher-priced free agents, such as T.J. Today, McPhee needs to consider available expensive players such as goalie Marc-Andre Fleury ($5.75 million), defenceman Toby Enstrom ($5.75 million) James Neal ($5 million) and Paul Martin ($4.85 million). MacLean had an eventful career as an NHL head coach, general manager, and was part of a group that came close to buying the Tampa Bay Lightning, before becoming a sportscaster in 2008. Expansion general managers were looking for less expensive players. When the NHL expanded from 26 to 30 teams from 1998 to 2000, there was no salary cap for the Anaheim Ducks, Atlanta Thrashers, Minnesota Wild and Blue Jackets. "(GM George McPhee) has to have some higher priced players to get there." He was the president and general manager of the NHL Columbus Blue. "It's going to be better team just because the floor of the salary cap is $55 million," MacLean said. Doug MacLean is a former professional hockey coach, general manager, and team executive. MacLean tells the story to explain how different the expansion team building process is today with the Vegas Golden Knights compared to the way it was the last time the NHL expanded. "And we played the Red Wings eight times," MacLean said. When Doug MacLean was general manager of the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets in 2000-01, his payroll was $18 million and the Detroit Red Wings' was $55 million.
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