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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Every GM makes a colossal mistake once in a while, the good ones find a way to fix those mistakes.
Treliving signing Brouwer to be a top 6 RW ended up being bad but seemingly not trying very hard to find another is really bad.
He gets a D- for not finding a skilled RW at the deadline.
Not protecting the 1st rounder for Hamonic can't be fixed and could turn out to be career ending.
Jury's out on the Backlund deal, we'll see
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What nonsense.
How do you know that Treliving didn't try to acquire a RW? Do you feel he should call you and give you updates on how that's going? Perhaps, just maybe, the players that other GM's want in return are players Treliving doesn't want to give up. As an example is it too far of a reach to think that if Treliving wanted to acquire Evander Kane that the Sabres would have asked for Rasmus Anderson or one of our other D prospects? Maybe the cost to acquire a RW was deemed to be too expensive for what the Flames were willing to pay. Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't make. Or who would you have given up to acquire Vanek (somehow you think this is the guy the Flames should have hung their hat on)? You're deal would have to have beaten Columbus. Let's hear it.....
What difference do you think a skilled RW would have accomplished? It is probably safe to say Treliving knew the team would be without their No.1 center sooner rather than later. He also knew mike smith wasn't going to be 100% & he had probably concluded that this team was unlikely to go on a run to sneak in. Brad Treliving knew more than you did, and in all likelihood made the responsible decisions.
Not protecting the pick. Hindsight is 20/20, but at the end of the day there is a 3% chance it blows up in their face. Further, to get the deal done it is likely the Islanders demanded this. The leafs had offered JVR & their first. It's not as though Treliving paid more than what the market had determined Hamonic's value. A part of the job description for a GM is risk. You're not going to win them all. Fans who take pot shots from the sidelines after the fact with no real insight or first hand knowledge are just blowhards.
Criticizing the Backlund deal, a little soon, no? In typical 'smartest guy in the room' shouldn't you wait for him to get a little older or slow down so you can say 'I told you so' while patting yourself in the back?