Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I strongly disagree. We are talking about the same Coyotes team that finished last in the west this year, right? The team that has gotten worse each year since he became GM, right?
I guess give him credit for drafting Keller. Would have been a disaster if he drafted A. Nylander instead, but really Mckenzie had Keller 8th overall, the Coyotes selected him 7th overall. Not exactly going off the board there.
Stepan trade, in a vacuum, may not have been too bad value wise but has to be considered an absolute massive loss for the Coyotes. DeAngelo is still up in the air as to what he'll become but likely depth player, however, that first round pick would have easily been in the lottery territory without Raanta. So giving up on a chance to draft Hischier, Patrick, Pettersson etc.. Those are players that could have been built around, instead they got a couple ~30 year olds for a couple years. And they've wasted them so far finishing at the bottom of the league.
Panik trade, not bad, but having him on the top line is not a good sign.
Perlini was drafted before he became a GM. As was the entirety of the third line. Can't give him really any credit there, even if you thought those lines were notable.
Galchenyuk, a 50 point player, was acquired through Domi, a 50 point player. We'll have to see who actually wins this trade, but he's not able to make it at all without his predecessor drafting Domi. So can't give him much credit here unless Galchenyuk explodes offensively.
A NTC to Grabner who sucked with the Devils could easily come back to haunt them, will need to wait on that.
The defense you actually do have to give him quite a bit of credit for the players themselves. Of course getting OEL to sign is huge, even if maybe a different GM would have been able to sign him anyways. Hjalmarsson and Demers trades were good in terms of on-ice contributions and of course having Chychrun drop to his lap has paid early dividends. But that's an expensive blueline. By next season that is going to cost them close to 30M. Take a look at that blueline, that easily could be the highest paid blueline in the league next year, (on a budget team) and try to argue it's one of the best. You can't. It's not anywhere close. And Hjalmarsson, Demers, Goligoski also have NTC to boot.
|