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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Sure you can. Montreal just did.
You can be terrible at signing depth, as an individual GM. But the option is there if you’re competent.m
Edit: further to this, your closing statement is exactly it. Impact players, drafted, coming in an making a difference with cap friendly contracts while young.
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Montreal didn't do it that way. You may want to take a look at how the Canadiens were built. Of the players on their current COVID roster, only 9 were drafted. 14 were traded for. Their signings have provided depth, but it is not like Montreal has been the model for drafting top end talent and supporting it with depth signings.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
James Neal wasn’t signed for depth
He was signed to be an front line player
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Treliving signed more than James Neal. What's more, he turned James Neal into an equally bad contract that could only play down the lineup in that 3rd or 4th line capacity. Neal is not an excuse for Mason Raymond, Troy Brouwer, and so on. If the team had developed their own bodies, they wouldn't have had to flush needed money down the toilet on bad depth players. Swings for the fences don't generate much if you're not a power hitter, which the Calgary scouting staff has proven they are not. Better to be hitting singles, doubles, and the odd triple, than hoping you knock one out of the park every time you come to the plate.