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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Whoa, did you just put Draisaitl in the same conversation as Lucic? I'd take Draisaitl on my team any day even at a slight overpayment. Everytime I watch the Oilers play, the guy is an absolute beast and can drive play. Lucic's is contract is on a different level of bad.
Obviously there's been some big blunders, but our GM hasn't been perfect either. There's a long list of failed players and I think our draft pick situation over the next few years speaks for itself. But the main point of my post was to show how polar opposite fans' opinions can be and that in similar situations, the problem likely lies more in the middle than to fixate and put blame on just 1 person.
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Draisaitl is in the same sentence, but the blunders aren't comparable. That said, I don't think he's slightly overpaid - he's overpaid by $2M give or take. He's got a cap hit almost $2M more than Gaudreau, who is a better playmaker and Monahan, who is a better scorer.
I didn't say Treliving was perfect, but IMO he's made no more errors than most GMs - he's had way more successes IMO. And his biggest mistakes, like Brouwer, Raymond and Lazar haven't crippled the team. Of course, I don't mind the Hamonic trade because I think the Flames needed a guy like that, but even if you think he overpaid, it's not by that much. Bode Wilde isn't transforming this team any time soon.