Meh.
He has made some inspired picks (Boeser, Pettersen, Demko, Gaudette), but some clunkers as well (Virtanen). Jury's still out on Juolevi - I thought he looked good at the WJC.
A mixed bag on trades. Some terrible (Gudbranson), some modestly improved his team (Granlund, Baertshi).
Where he's tended to strike out is on free agency (Ericksson) and contract negotiations (Sutter, Sbisa and Dorsett).
A bottom half GM, but not the worst.
Basically, he would do his organization a world of good to hire a tough former agent to negotiate contracts for him. Fortunately for other teams in the Pacific, he hasn't realized his limitations in that area yet.
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