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Originally Posted by Stanley
Man, acquiring Lack was my least favourite move by Tre. Sure, there wasn't any cap implications like a Brouwer, it was low risk, but man was that a complete waste of time and energy. One of the most useless acquisitions I can think of in recent memory.
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IMO one of the big black marks on Treliving's record that still endures today is his decisions with goaltending. First we had the 3-headed monster that resulted in losing Byron for nothing. Then there was the Hiller/Ramo debacle. Yes, the team was rebuilding at the time but whatever, it still wasn't good. Brian Elliott, Eddie Lack, etc. And now we're hoping that a 36/37 year old Mike Smith can hold the fort down with two guys as backup who looked shaky to bad. I don't even know what the plan for next year is, God help us if it's going back to the Mike Smith well.
Having said that, I like Smith ok. He was pretty good last year but clearly isn't a long-term solution. If I'm Treliving I'm shopping Bennett for a young potential starting goalie in the mould of Andersson or Jones at the time they were traded. Relying on Parsons, Rittich, and Gillies as the future seems like a pretty big gamble to me.