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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
Why would anyone consider Poile an elite gm, epsecially now? Never won a Cup, has lost all his recent big trades (big win in the Forsberg trade being the exception), and his recent big money signings like Duchene and Turris have been busts.
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His most recent "big" trade was trading Subban away for Steven Santini, Jeremy Davies, 2019 2nd round pick #45, 2019 3rd round pick #65, 2020 2nd round pick #37. Subban has tremendous negative trade value now.
That was a huge win.
I agree that the contracts he gave to the centers are bad. But that's just one part of a gigantic 30+ year track record.
And like others have said, his ability to draft and develop defensemen is so good that it practically made them a consistent playoff team.
Hockey is very popular in Nashville. It's not a traditional market at all.
All credit goes to Poile for this. He should be in the HOF whether he wins cups or not.