I did like what JB was doing when we made the bubble though (2019-20 season). He picked up a bunch of players who had some muscle and a good lvl of grit in a span of a year in guys like: Leivo, Pearse, J. Benn, Fatenburger, Myers, Ferkland, and JT Miller. The year b4, he brought in Beags and Rooster by free agency. He also had a guy like Zack Attack Pack MacEwen coming up through the system. Sure, none of them were exactly heavyweights, but collectively when the roster was filled with guys with some beef from top to bottom, we were one of the bigger teams in the league and very hard to play against.Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:08 pm Elmer was allergic to tough players- had no use for them . This team has had sand kicked in its face since Burkey left other than a brief period when Eye Bags thought it mattered. Then he promptly shipped out Hordichuk and SOB.
JB had no hesitations to bury his soft skill in the minors (ie: Bearcheese & Golds), even though one of them had a handsome salary and he had high hopes for the both of them not too long b4 that.
For whatever reason, JB kinda strayed away from that heavier model the year after. I personally liked what he was doing that bubble year. I remember a smaller, younger team came to town (Detroit?) and we just manhandled them. It was like Juice would say, it's nice going into a game knowing that u r the tougher team. It's too bad, we'll never know if JB would of had a better fate if he stuck to that game plan.