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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I get a little worried about the whole Treliving, Maloney, OEL thing. Familiarity IMO should never trump track record or current state of play. When Treliving, Maloney, and OEL were in the same building in Arizona the results on the ice were poor so I was never fond of Maloney joining the organization nor would I be fond of the team acquiring a declining defenseman on a bad contract just because Treliving and Maloney think he's a good guy and they liked him in Phoenix when he was in his prime. I just hate when managers look back to the past when dealing with the present. Move on and base your evaluations on the present not the past.
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I doubt it would be because they think he’s a good guy. That said, there’s been examples both ways. Sutter got Kipper based on his experience with him - obviously a good one. Burke (IMO) influenced the Hiller acquisition - that one actually worked pretty well from the start but also obviously didn’t end as well.