Eklund: Isles and Oil

[Homeland Security]

Originally Posted by Trottier

Absolutely.

In agreeing with you entirely, I will say this, however: I believe that the "Milbury Complex" has been exploited by a few posters around here for the beter part of the last decade, either inadvertently or consciously, as an excuse for sitting on one's hands, and simply collecting a make believe roster of shiny draft picks...and waiting until the kiddies bloom.

That's as silly as Milbury's extreme approach.

Trotts,
I think we cling to our draft picks more now because under Milbury we never got to see what they were made of. The only glimpse we had of our prospects was on other teams. If Milbury was here now, I doubt we would have Okposo, Bailey, or Tavares. He probably would have traded the picks for something ridiculous and we would be watching those 3 develop elsewhere. I think that is why we value or picks so much now, because Garth is finally hanging on to them to see what they got. Although I do agree sometimes that we use Milbury to much as an excuse. I guess you can say Isles fans have been traumatized by him.

Sal

[Trottier]

Originally Posted by SAL8116

Trotts,
I think we cling to our draft picks more now because under Milbury we never got to see what they were made of....Although I do agree sometimes that we use Milbury to much as an excuse. I guess you can say Isles fans have been traumatized by him.

Sal

Sal, I think the draft and prospect pipeline is emphasized now because it makes perfect sense. I applaud it. Milbury was an aberration.

I think you nailed my sentiment with your last two sentence, however. And "trauma" tends to evoke erratic, emotional decisions.