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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well color me surprised. The plan revolving around the additions of Simon, Nordstrom, Leivo, etc didn't work out? It seems like everyone saw that coming except Brad and his pro scouts.
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I don't think the plan "revolved around" those players, nor did most people think those low salary signings were bad at all. Look at the comments on this board - they were majority OK with them, and only Leivo was maybe going to crack the top 9 in any projections.
His plan more revolved around Dube and Mangiapane improving (which at least Mangiapane has done, and Dube has certainly had some good games), and Monahan and Gaudreau being more like 2018-19 than 2019-20. The latter is the assessment issue here, more than anything else. The problem is - assuming you saw them more as the 2020 guys, what do you do about it?