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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The most common way to get a #1 C is via the draft. I find it hard to fault him for that one. I think the goaltending situation has been difficult - as we know he took several runs at others, and in some cases was undermined by factors outside of his control (e.g. the owners not being available/willing to approve the Bishop deal IIRC).
On trades (among meaningful ones) I would view them as follows
Wins
Hamilton deal
Hanifin/Lindholm deal (which I view has been good for both teams)
Trading Frolik
Stone (re-signing him was a mistake)
Chiasson
Trading Russel
Trading Hudler
Trading Glencross
Trading Sven for 2nd
Losses
Lazar
Elliott
Hamonic
Bollig
Too Early To Tell
Forbort
Gus
Who the hell knows
Lucic/Neal (I think it's a win and the mistake was signing Neal.)
Smith (they didn't give up a ton, and he had a good year, but then was awful and they had to upgrade the pick to a 2nd)
So I see more good than bad in his deals.
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What do you make of his current trade drought? Nothing truly impactful since 2018.
I am concerned he is backed into a corner and doesn't know how to improve the team. We need 1C and 1G or we might as well rebuild the rebuild. Without those ingredients, we are sunk. I am flabbergasted at the goaltending at this point. 6 years is enough time to acquire a 1G. 1C is more difficult I will admit.
I should cut him some slack on 1C I guess but I really want to know if we persued O'Reilly or not.
I don't hate the guy personally but I don't think this team can win as currently constructed. I hate where we are at.
Trading Gaudreau will be his defining moment imo. Getting Hall and trading Gaudreau for a bluechip C prospect may just be his get out of jail free card. He needs a 1G. He needs to fix the defense. If he can pull it all off, I might start admiting he might be better than I give him credit for. Lots of work to do though.