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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Hawerchuk missed the playoffs his first year, but that was mainly because Williamson traded away everyone to try to win the championship the year before (including acquiring TJ Brodie).
Not sure if it happens in the WHL but seems to happen every once in a while in the OHL once a successful coach knows he's leaving he goes crazy trading away everything in the pipeline to win in his last year.
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Williamson wasn't the GM, He was part of a committee that took over the GM role after Carrigan left the year before, the committee included the owner,asst GM and the DPP.