Just as the OTHL is starting to pick up before the start of the season, Harland has made his first public announcement since he declared the team would be rebuilding.
" It has been a frustrating and disappointing trade freeze for us. We have only come to 2 deals so far, and I know that could be a lot, but I was hoping to be able to get some more prospects in return. Maybe it is just because I went into this process being unpatient or too expective considering the fact that our team had few tradeable pieces. " Harland said.
Harland is showing signs of a weak GM by not being patient enough or too eager to get deals done.
" Yeah I can admit to that. I have not been patient enough and I am too eager to get deals done. But maybe that is the problem with some GMs. They are too patient with their team. I will get critisized by fellow GMs and news reporters for not being patient enough. Well they can go write whatever the hell they want to. And then they can go shove it up their a****. "
He has left us with kind of a vivid message here, as too what he plans to do in the upcoming weeks. Whether he decides to keep rebuilding or go a different direction is anyone's guess. All I can say is John Torteralla would be proud.
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