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Originally Posted by Par
Firing of Hartley,
And hiring of Gultzan,
Not getting a good true #1 goalie,
Not getting a good #3-4 D man,
Not getting a good true top 6 forward(RW)
These things will be the downfall of Brad Trevling.
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Building a team, especially in a rebuild takes a lot of time.
Some of the things you mentioned, we could have gone out and gotten, but it wouldn't have fit the teams philosophy regarding the rebuild.
Could we have gotten Bishop? Maybe. We certainly made an offer, but Bishop wouldn't waive. Lets say it had it gone through, it probably would have cost us Tkachuk. Do you make that trade?
True top6 forward. Lucic, Ladd, Okposo, Eriksson and Backes were the big 2016 UFA's. We probably could have gotten one of them, but woulda cost us a minimum of 6x6MM and would have made it difficult for us to sign Gaudreau and Monahan. You don't sign any of those guys at the expense of our players.
3/4 Dman. I do think this is the area where he could take the most crap. With that being said, I think he knew it would have been difficult to sign a true 4D on July01 due to our cap and gambled on the fact that Wideman could still play. I also think he is hedging that one of Kulak, Wotherspoon, Andersson or Kylington would be able to jump in next year.
The other option is to trade for the pieces, but lets face it, we don't really have the prospects nor are we willing to depart with draft picks for those key pieces.
It's really only been 2.5years since he's been hired. I think it would be illogical and frankly, irresponsible if he were to bring in a 1G, 3/4D and a top6 winger 2.5years into a rebuild.
He's made the right moves so far, I still believe in him
