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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
I think a better way to evaluate any gm is to take a macro view, what was the overall plan. In this case, I think the rebuild was ended too soon which hurts the overall growth of the franchise. You can keep winning trades, but if the main issue (lack of elite talent) is not fixed by these trades but may have been with the draft, then it's an overall failure
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Treliving attempted to shortcut the rebuild with the Hamilton trade. He had a good first couple of years. 2017 was a horrible year (Hamonic was no Hamilton) and apart from the Hamilton to Carolina deal, Treliving is trending downwards in his trades. Pissing away the picks on rentals when we aren’t ready to contend was wasteful. Play the young guys and see what you have. No need to get Gustafson and Forbort when you have a Kylington available. Wrong stage in the cycle to be trading away picks for rentals. Trading picks for Hamilton was acceptable, but too many picks out and not enough picks in. Allocating that gained cap in the frolik trade towards depth defense was a poor use of cap space.