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Originally Posted by neo45
Treliving’s inability to find useful roster depth is among his biggest flaws as a GM
During his tenure the following players have played for us IN PLAYOFFS:
- Rinaldo
- Bollig
- Neal
- Bartkowski
And not really as fill-ins either. Those guys dressed for most games. So I’m all for an Eichel trade I just don’t want Brad filling in the holes it will inevitably leave
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The poor performance of depth players is frustrating but a couple things
- Neal was not intended to be a depth player. He was never going to excel in that role. It was top 6 or bust. So the move certainly warrants criticism (and a lot of it) but is not a failure in acquiring poor depth
- My view is that for the most part the performance of the depth players hasn't been a material driver of lack of playoff success. They have exited early because their top players have been outplayed by the other team's top players. That's it. And that's typical - you win or lose with your top guys in the playoffs.
- And in fact, in some cases there has been strong depth player performance. Dube had 4 goals last year, Bennett had 8 points, Lucic had 6 point, Rider had 3 goals. Didn't matter. Which goes back to my second point.
Depth players are easy to criticize and when picks were used to acquire those guys - it is a valid criticism I suppose. But I don't think it actually matters much.