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Originally Posted by Textcritic
That's ridiculous. By the same logic than any general manager who lets a pending UFA enter free agency and fails to re-sign him has committed an error.
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Not any general manager.
As with everything it depends on circumstances... a team in position to make the playoffs for example, it wouldn't be an error for them because they'll need that person for the prospective playoff run. Or in regards to a player that has literally no offers for their services.
But a non-playoff, rebuilding team that has offers for a upcoming UFA player that you had been unable to come to terms with prior to the deadline? I would say that barring some exceptional circumstance a general manager in that position who lets a pending UFA enter free agency and then fails to re-sign him has indeed committed an error.