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Originally Posted by Bingo
I have less of a problem with that. At least you're not peddling this nonsense that he can't identify a good offer or is over valuing players that this site literally complains about every day.
But once again did you see Monahan getting hurt and the production falling for Gaudreau and Tkachuk?
Because that's what it would have taken.
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I didn't have to foresee some very particular events impacting player value to be able to predict that they overachieved after that 2nd overall finish and believe that was the time to extract value with a shakeup. Collapsing to an 8th seed was enough to indicate that perhaps some change was necessary before their value declined. It doesn't matter how that value ended up declining.
Plenty of people were worried that the league had figured out Gaudreau after that series; that Monahan was perhaps a bit of a coattail rider with some injury concerns; that age was not on Giordano's side (although Seattle ended up making that decision on Treliving's behalf). This scenario, no matter how the details eventually unfolded, did not sneak up on us.