I give him a C+ as I want to see how this trade deadline and offseason work out. Hamilton deal was extremely solid and got good value for Glencross and Baertschi at last year's deadline.
But I don't like the contract situation of the team and starting to wonder who the next wave of young players joining the team will be.
And I do believe its fair to criticize him for not making certain deals over the summer (Hudler, Wideman, Hiller). Yeah maybe the trade market wasn't great. But then you can't give him credit for good deals either because there was a receptive trade market either.
Within a year or so expectations will be higher for this team.
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