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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I'll be the first to admit his work as a whole pretty much sucks. But no one can deny that waiting out for the best deal possible worked completely in the Avs favor this time. Did it take forever to get something done? Sure did. Were feelings likely hurt? Probably. But in the end, he showed patience and got the best deal possible.
I wasn't getting at that he is some amazing GM. But looking at this deal in a vacuum, he did quite well and the Avs will be better long term because of it. He did the right thing waiting it out and not giving in to outside (fan) demands.
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Well, waiting other teams out did not hurt the Avs, that's for sure. Mostly because they were terrible with Duchene, and will be terrible without him.
How well Sakic did will not be known for some time though. He got a lot of quantity - and Andrew Hammond - but he needs one of these prospects or picks to be a home run.