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Originally Posted by Bingo
We see GMs panic and sign their players for more than market all the time, look at the mess in Toronto.
So you can't just discount Monahan and Gaudreau because he used his leverage and made sure their contracts were in and around the ones signed previously and not stepping stones for the NHLPA.
TJ Brodie was another great contract as well.
Hanifin is having a tough week, but his contract is solid. You mentioned Lindholm.
Bennett is pretty much market for his career production to date, Lazar is a 13th forward and inconsequential.
Bouma is the zit, which he learned from in moving on from Coburne, and I'm guessing playing hardball with Jankowski this summer.
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I would say you’re being a tad generous in your assessment compared to how I would look at it. I don’t have as favorable a view of the Hanifin and Bennett contracts. But in the case of Hanifin, where you acquire an RFA in a trade where you give up a ton, I understand the pressure to sign the guy long term.
I agree there are no big mistakes in the contracts you mention but I see that as a small positive, not a big one. Yes GM’s make mistakes all the time but GM’s get fired all the time too.
My overall view of Treliving is very mixed but it’s also hard to evaluate a GM without knowing what they are thinking and working on. I don’t think he’s moved the needle much in his 6 years, considering he inherited a young team with some decent assets and a ton of cap flexibility. The inaction over the last 18 months is a real black mark for me as this team has stagnated. That’s on him.
If I’m the owner my evaluation of him hinges entirely upon what he is saying and working on now, compared to what he thought was important over the last few years.