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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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But you said he was great, I am assuming that would put him in the top 3 GM’s in the league at RFA signings.
When you look around the league I think Chevaldayoff is definitely better with Connor, Scheifele, Ehlers and Hellebuyck signed to better RFA contracts.
Jim Benning has an impressive record with Horvat and Boeser signed to very impressive contracts.
Yzerman was great with Kucherov, Johnson, Killorn and Hedman signed to very good deals.
Chiarelli clearly did well with his RFA contract to Draisaitl
Joe Sakic is also in the great category with MacKinnon and Landeskog, Compher and Girard
Poile was great with Forsberg, Arvidsson, Jarnkrok, Josi, Ekholm and Ellis
The Pietranangelo contract probably makes Armstrong great, with the Schwartz contract being good as well
Tallon was great with Hubredeau, Barkov, Trochek, Vatrano, Matheson
I would personally put at least 7 of those GMs above Treliving and I suspect there are more. I would guess Treliving is somewhere between a high of 9th best in his time to a low of 17th as I did not go through every team but just the ones I was pretty sure were better than BT, which has beat would put him above average but definitely not great. If he is the 9th best GM at RFA signings, his greatness would be akin to calling the 120th highest scoring forward in the league as “great”.