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Originally Posted by moon
He was infinitely worse than MacLean. I am always surprised by the crap that MacLean gets on here, although I guess he isn't in love with the Flames so people get bitter about that. MacLean's problem was that he never built a team bad enough to get the top picks. When you look back on his picks they weren't bad at the time and rarely was there a better player taken all that close to the guy he chose.
The fact he drafted Nash alone makes him a better GM than Howson.
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MacLean is the reason the franchise was in such a big hole to begin with. Howson didn't do a great job but like Jay Feaster he was saddled with a mess to begin with and when you are in the hole the Jackets were left in from MacLean you really need some slam dunk drafts and trades to get back on track. Clearly this didn't happen under Howson but the team had a better overall record under him compared to MacLean.
MacLean is one of the worst GM's in the history of the NHL. I have nothing against the guy other than he ruined an expansion franchise in what was a promising market. The fact that he's never even got a sniff with another team since being fired is telling as he will never again work in the NHL.