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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
He inherited a team that was out of the playoffs and according to most people around here was on the way down rather than the way up.
Samuelsson wasn't and isn't the better player and if you consider Booth to be injury prone, I hate to know what you consider Samuelsson.
Honestly, he is a decent GM, nothing special. It is good that he invested more money in scouting and the developmental program and has actively attempted to woo international and college players (Tanev being the obvious biggest and best find so far).
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There was a question when he came in about whether to even re-sign the Sedins
he didn't inherit a perennial winner, the pieces were there but a number of GMs might have blown it up
on contracts and FA's he gets an A+, everyone in the core is signed for a lot lower than they would get in the open market, including UFAs signed like Hamhuis and Garrison
Trades right now is a C-
Hodgson/Kassian can't be judged yet
Booth was traded for nothing but has been injured the entire time
He's made a few trades which at the time were widely considered good (Ballard/Roy) that didn't turn out that way, so I would look more at the process behind the deal rather than what came of it (sometimes good idea's turn out bad)
this off-season hedges on him getting Luongo moved, getting a top 6 forward, and 3 bottom 6 forwards