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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Jury is still out on Tre- I am not sure we should include him in these rankings as his body of work is not complete nor really advanced enough to determine success.
Aside from Cliff Fletcher it is a pretty dismal list, and likely explains why our club has been mostly mediocre (outside of Iginla and Kipper carrying us on their back) for the last 30 years.
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Work in progress? Does he need another six seasons?
My list
Fletcher
Coates
Sutter
Treliving
Reisborough
Feaster
Button
Going to be tough for BT to break into the top 3 unless he can pull a 1C put of thin air. He missed out on O'Reilly and that was probably his chance other than the Bennett pick. Schenn would've been sweet too. Monahan/Schenn as 1a/1b might have actually worked considering their different skillsets.
Six seasons is enough time to build a SC contender. Sutter at least delivered a SC runner up and made some solid moves before going 'insane'. His teams in 04, 06, and 09 were very good to great, better than anything BT has done aside from 2019 which was pretty ridiculous I'll admit but was followed by the worst playoff showing I remember since Detroit in 2007. Colorado was one of the worst showings in franchise history actually when you consider the expectations that come with being the top seed. Even in that disaster of a series with Detroit, the team had much more gumption, they were just totally overmatched. Losing to an 8 seed really tarnished the season in my eyes, especially the way we lost. It was embarrassing and it really put a #### cherry on top of the season. Detroit was supposed to win in 07, that was the difference for me I think.
Sutter's 2nd round pick for Kiprusoff trade was one of the greatest trades in franchise history. Only star goalie in franchise history aside from Vernon. Think about that. Other trades were good too. The trade for Warrener was a much needed move that showed you could be forced into a trade and get decent value. Reinprecht was a solid add in that trade, but was later squandered. Langkow was a sweet move too, along with the 04 additions in Niemenen, Simon and Nilson. Tanguay was a good trade. Huselius off waivers basically was amazing. The stuart trade was value, just a bad coach. He did some nice things but couldn't figure out that next step and went crazy (or whatever). Even the first Jokinen trade had the hockey world basically worshipping the guy. How about Bouwmeester as a UFA? He was looked at as a great GM at that point. What happened next? I have suspicions, but I will always be thankful for those first five seasons he produced, they were by far the best run of seasons since the Fletcher years. People forget how he was perceived 03-09, focusing only on how it ended and the perception of him now based mostly on a weird couple of days that will never be explained.
At least Sutter has had a franchise altering trade to his name. BT is just a slow burning nothing. History will remember him as failing to have a successful rebuild and being retained too long. He seems nice enough but he has us spinning our wheels. I swear if we would've avoided trades and big ufa signings for the last 6 years and just made our 7 picks each year, we'd be no worse off. Just my opinion, but what has BT really done besides ship out picks for duds (except Hamilton) and sign bad ufa deals that negate his great rfa deals? Even the Hamilton trades were expensive I dont care what anyone says. They were fair for both but still expensive. Just because Boston wasted those picks, it doesn't mean the trade was less fair.