He had a really solid offseason as far as GMs go. The Smith trade is one of the best for our team in recent memory. He has managed to bring in two top 4 RHD which a lot of managers struggle mightily to do.
I think they do a poor job (as a franchise) of evaluating their own depth players. We have an awful fourth line yet placed our best fourth liner on waivers at the start of the season (thank god nobody claimed Hathaway). A lot of passengers who essentially are on the roster to let the better players catch their breath.
Still a top GM in the league who has a couple brilliant trades (Smith, Hamilton). It is however becoming obvious to me that (in hindsight) Feaster did a pretty solid job setting his successor up for success. Treliving came into his role as GM with unlimited cap space, all of his picks, and some solid young players/prospects from which to build a winning team.
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