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Originally Posted by saillias
Everyone said the same about Shero and Bylsma but where are those two now. You can give SJ this: They employ some really good scouts. Not sure about the rest of the operation though.
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Shero and Blysma had Crosby and Malkin fall into their laps and failed to surround them with the talent to win more than one cup as they are a team that has started to slowly decline. Wilson built that team including the scouting staff so if you are going to trash GM's for poor drafting like we trash the Oilers then yes you have to praise GM's for assembling good scouts and making the right decisions and lets not forget GM's have a lot of say in picks made in early rounds. He also made the steal of a trade to get Thornton in the first place. He's a far better GM than Shero. Far better.