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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
Doug Wilson would be a fantastic GM if not for his bad cap management.
He can trade, draft and develop quite well.
But he gives way too many large contracts to players past their prime. San Jose is now in the worst contract situation in the league, despite the fact that to they still have quite a bit of talent. Many of their old overpaid guys will still be with the team in 4+ years.
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He's certainly made big bets that haven't paid off, but the other thing he's been most guilty of is buying on credit instead of 'giving to get'. TBF, once you're a legit contender I support paying any price to acquire the right talent at the right value...otherwise you end up in cap hell.
Going back to Heatley for Havlat in 2011 (and several other big swaps that year, including Burns), these are the notable players that they've traded away [until recently]:
Brad Stuart - July 1, 2014 (1 year to UFA)
TDL 2013 they sold pending UFAs Ryan Clowe (2nd, 3rd, 5th
), Handzus (4th) and Douglas Murray (two 2nds). SJ finished 6th that year and swept VAN in rd 1 before losing to the Kings in 7 in a tiiiight series.
In the same time frame, they've paid significant futures on:
a TON of TDL deals
Karlsson
E Kane
M Jones
- and signed the 3 above to bad deals. $24.25M (30% of cap) on 3 players who haven't worked out as hoped*.
*E Kane's stats are actually really good: he has 5 seasons with gpg 0.39-0.41, including the last 3 with SJ. 3/4 of his highest pt/gp seasons were the last 3 with SJ.
Nobody would've expected Vlasic to fall off the cliff he did...otherwise it's been the recent trade&signs that were the issue.
A notable trade up fail in 2013 - SJ got pick 18 Mirco Mueller for picks 20 (Mantha) and 58 (Tyler Bertuzzi). SJ at least managed to turn Mueller+5th into a 2nd (Mario Ferraro) and a 4th.