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Getting “My Guy”
by Paul on 06/26/09 at 09:25 AM ET
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from Tom Lynn (former asst. GM of the Wild) at The Hockey News,
Now the time has come to put into action all of the preparation of the past two months or so leading up to the entry draft.
The future of the organization is at stake. Whether one is trying to “buy” and make the team better in the short run or “sell” and create a perennial contender for future years, now is the time to connect perception to reality and, in the words of Larry the Cable Guy, “git r’ done.”
The first round of the draft has the most tension and excitement on the floor as pick are made and GMs call one another and visit other tables, kicking around ideas.
A team cannot call a timeout in the first round and then make a trade. This may not sound like a big deal, but it has big repercussions. On the one hand, it pushes teams to have potential deals already discussed, weighed and ready to go. On the other, it makes for uncertainty as a given team’s turn to pick approaches.
This is because no GM really trades the 20th pick or the 11th pick or even the 29th pick in the draft. What he is trading, in his mind, is the opportunity to get a certain player, always referred to as “my guy.”
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