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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Look, there’s no denying it got away from Darryl the GM at the end.
But until the Phaneuf trade, he was a good GM. He drafted Brodie, signed Gio, acquired Kipper for a song, got Juice for nothing, stole Langkow from Phoenix, signed Hamrlik, the Simon/Nemo/Nilson additions, turning Tanguay into Cammalleri, Lombardi for Jokinen, Bouwmeester for nothing.
The Dion and Jokinen-NYR trades were awful, and it was a death spiral from there.
#### happens.
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Darryl's most serious flaw as a GM was in his drafting record, and this was well before he lost his mind. Yes, he snagged Brodie and Ferland in later rounds, and Backlund and Phaneuf were great first-round picks. But beyond these four guys there is almost nothing there through eight drafts. Out of 59 players he selected, nine played +200 NHL games, and Ferland and Backlund are the only forwards to score +50 career goals.