[Gambatese] Tom Fitzgerald said today that NMCs didn’t get in the way of acquiring Quinn Hughes, and that he could have moved the money. So, what exactly was the hold-up? Nemec? Silayev? Mercer? Awful.

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  1. The good news from this press conference is that the whole fanbase can redirect their anger where it belongs.

    EDIT: to clarify I’m less mad about the Quinn Hughes trade not materializing than I am about the fact that he said he can clear cap space and just hasn’t, for reasons.

  2. Or just give Quinn two years practice, learning how to adjust to a new team & coach/playstyle ecosystem. Two solid years of playoff experience. Then pick him up for free?

  4. This guy is something else man.

    “I could’ve traded for one of the best players in the world, who happens to have two brothers that play here, but chose not to.”

  5. Based on what Vancouver got from Minny, it would have been all of that plus a 1st rounder.

  7. I’m less upset about the Hughes thing than about how our roster is playing. Quinn does not make this team cup-worthy this season. Fitzgerald has to replace Hamilton and Palat with actual middle-six-caliber forwards and retain the key pieces who need to be resigned over the next two seasons. Then we still might end up with Quinn in two seasons anyway.

  8. I’m glad he spoke, but Fitz is absolutely bullshitting to save face and I’m tired of him

  10. We did not have the forward depth to replace Mercer in that potential trade. Nor does Quinn change the MO of our top six.

  11. The Wild offer was better and us giving even more would have been brutal.

    Crucify Fitz for his drafting which led us to not having some of those guys in the pipeline that were clearly better trade pieces, sure. We did pass on Buium.

    But this is a stupid take.

  18. wether or not he touched that girl we can positively say losing Mcleod fucked this team very hard and that IS on Fitz for not dealing with that sooner . i also think trading Haula was a mistake. he loved it here and provided stability in the lineup even when he wasn’t scoring . he’s also having a decent year in Nashville. outside of Bratt, we don’t have a scoring forward that is healthy and almost no depth. needs to be fixed. we can’t have another quiet trade deadline or offseason.

  19. I know some people are writing that, maybe Minnesota had a better offer. That could be true, but asking the question a different way: hey Tom, how did all the NMC and NTC help in your trade offer for Quinn?… “Uhh uhhh well we’re in lockstep together”

  20. Why wait until now to say something?

    What the fuck is going on behind the scenes? I still think something is very wrong in the locker room.

  21. I don’t know why people are reading this with their Fire Fitz glasses.

    He could have made the space if Vancouver was willing but we were outbid by Minnesota. We couldn’t match/beat the Minnesota deal so we didn’t make the other moves.

    If I’m remembering right, some “insider” had thought our offer was Mercer, Nemec, Silayev, and a 1st.

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