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I NOW Consider Ken Holland An Elite War-time Consigliere

02/22/2018 at 7:09pm EST

Tom Haden didn't have it. Michael Corleone never really said what "it" was, because Fredo was a problem and so was Carlo and Sonny's death needed to be avenged.

All Michael told Tom was that he wasn't a war-time consigliere and let there be doubt, war was coming.

Thankfully, our Wings will be avoiding war for another postseason so we don't have to worry about the fact that our consigliere is a peace time (cap-free) GM, ill-equipped for the savagery of a war-time (cap-driven) NHL environment.

When you have a peace-time GM, you don't worry when he trades Petr Mrazek for mid round (conditionally better picks), because you don't expect anything else. He's never done anything else

When you have a peace-time GM, potentially dealing with war-time GMs, you undoubtedly get squat in return for your one realistically marketable piece, Mike Green. We will get nothing better than a third and a fourth for him. Watch. Holland doesn't have the stones to juggle suitors until the last minute. He's never done it and won't this year.

Green's gone. Of that there is no doubt. But Holland, who claimed today to be "patient"...which is disgusting in itself...will get mediocrity in return because it's his safe place.

Stockpiling 4th round picks, living your life apathetically, managing mundanely...it's no way to excel.

But here we are.

Meanwhile, it's a Live Blog bitches.

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