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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
...and Shero took a friggin goalie 1st overall in the deepest draft in 3 decades.
If he hadn't stumbled onto Crosby he would have been turfed as GM a long time ago.
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Actually that's my problem with Shero, you nailed it. Shero had nothing to do with that, that was Craig Patrick.
Craig Patrick picked:
Sidney Crosby
Evgeni Malkin
Marc-Andre Fleury
Brooks Orpik
Rob Scuderi
Kris Letang
Alex Goligoski - turned into Neal
Ryan Whitney turned into Kunitz
Colby Armstrong
Erik Christensen turned into Pascal Dupuis
Maxime Talbot
Tyler Kennedy
Now sure, Patrick had much higher picks but still that is way better than anything Shero's ever done. And saying that Shero didn't pick until the 4th round or things like that is actually Shero's doing. Sure if you go deep and make it to the Cup finals it was worth it. But in these last 4 seasons Shero's been dumping off picks to the trade market to bolster holes in the roster. Unless you hit multiple triples that will deplete you long term which is what is happening.
Those who think Shero was a good GM probably are the same people who think Sutter was a good GM too. Flashy trades, big name players, etc and long-term failure. Because the role of the GM first and foremost is to draft and develop players.
In many ways the Penguins are a more extreme example of the lame Flames circa 2007-2012. Ride a core of good players but significantly mortgage the future because you can't grown depth from within.