If we are going to use hindsight then the first Hamilton trade was a loss. The team wasn't ready to exit the rebuilding phase yet and some of the players available with the 1st round pick (not even including the 2nd's) were franchise players. Lindholm is my favorite player at the moment but I'd trade him pretty quick for Barzal or Chabot.
Also, if we didn't start mortgaging the future so quick we would have had a better chance at Matthews the next year. It's all a lot of speculation but they should have done a proper rebuild when they had the chance. That is my biggest criticism of Treliving, the dirty work was already done when he showed up.
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