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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Granlund got another goal tonight for Vancouver. Guy looks like an NHLer. Shinkaruk cannot even make the Flames. The Bollig trade left something to be desired.
Raymond was an awful UFA signing, Englland is overpaid and Giordano is a boat anchor of a contract. Giordano is not below market value in 2020, he is about 5 million above market value that year. Monahan is the highest paid forward out of his draft year but he is not the best (Barkov is).
I think it is hard to rank Treliving above painfully mediocrely bad as a GM.
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and people think I have the bad hockey opinions
raymond and engelland were both bad, everyone knows that. the flames were supposed to be basement through this year, but gaudreau happened and Gio became a Norris level D. not a great start for Brad.
Gio is fine. He absolutely will turn it around. He'll be a great d-man at least until he is 35. there will be another round of compliance buyouts by then if need be.
monahan is the highest paid forward from his draft year because he has led his draft year in scoring. you can't go to a guy and say "hey, you're quantifiably better than all of your comparables, I'll pay you less than they got"
of course, Monahan is incredibly average in all other facets of the game, but he can score with the best of them, and scoring is what makes players money.
granlund was crap last year anyways and likely would have been lost on waivers this season. He's not better than Ferland, and GG (or Hartley) wouldn't bench Bouma in favor of him.
Brad has made a whole bunch of solid moves that all seem to be blowing up in his face right now. we're not living in irrational fear that he's going to trade Monahan for a 2nd liner and some spare parts, or one of our top prospects for a depth guy. His moves make sense.
his major, major failing so far is that he has been unable to have this team be ready for game 1 of the season. JG's contract should have been done in the summer, he shouldn't have waited until last minute to sign Versteeg and Grossmann (*pukes*). the game 1 roster should have been all playing together, building chemistry, working out kinks, no later than halfway through the pre-season. last year had the same problem with the goalie disaster. hopefully next year is better. if not, then we can restart this thread and it might actually have merit.