Well Sask, Kirk Muller hardly worked out as a steal for the Isles. I still hate that fuck.
And if you're implying that Dan Snyder being alive instead of Steve Webb, I take serious exception to it, and so would a lot of people he's helped in recent years. The charity bike ride with he-who-shall-not-be-named-by-Isles-PR-Dept, coaching a youth team to a national title (with same bike ride partner), etc. He may not have been a great NHL player (although I still think he was great at his role as instigator), but he's certainly not someone who the world would be better without. Not sure if that's at all what you meant, but I still have a liking for Webb, and it only became more after his retirement, which was another fuck up by Milbury! Webb wanted a 2 year deal at league minimum, and Milbury would only give him 1. Webb was not signed until hours before training camp opened (caving and taking the 1 year deal). He tried to lug all his equipment & personal stuff to the bus in one go & hurt his back, never to be the same again. They let him go at the end of the year (he missed time with back spasms), signed with Pitt, only to have the Isles TRADE to get him back for the playoff run. He still had chronic back issues & wasn't the same as he was when he helped make that '02 series vs Toronto so memorable with constant hits.
And yes Fog, this thread is depressing me, big time.
But I still have some hope. Snow seems to be sticking to his long term plan of not trading youth away for a feeble attempt to win now, as Milbury always did (other than when he traded away his proven youth for totally UNproven youth). Between Tavares, Moulson, Grabner, Strome, & Nino I have some hope. Poulin & Nilsson too. Guys on D like Hamonic, MacDonald & even Hickey are looking good too. As long as they can convince the D to stick around they'll be contenders in a year or two (I've been saying that for 20 years now. Eventually it'll be true, right? Just ask Cubs fans!)