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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Iggy - net zero return
Gio - net zero return
Kipper - net zero return
Regehr - we gave Byron away for free who was the only redeeming asset
Brodie - net zero return
Gaudreau - ???
Tkachuk - ???
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responding before these guys show up.
Brad Treliving defender starter pack
It's a process.
You have to look at the bigger picture.
Tree is playing 4-d chess.
Stop being so negative.
You should support him if you are a true fan.
What else can he do?
You have to have a willing trade partner.
It's flat cap.
We are doing better than Edmonton.
What about the Hamilton trade?
He's better than Feaster.
Remember when he duped that other GM?
Chuckie and Johnny are already signed he's just waiting for the Eichel Trade to go through.(Im still hoping for this)
There is no way we could have kept Brodie.
Hamonic was the right move AT the time.
His dad owns Boston pizza. Brad is a shrewd businessman by osmosis.
Etc, etc, etc.......
Feel free to add your own. I personally believe Brad is the sacrificial GM the owners want at this point. I think he is under tight control and is not working autonomously. Not since he was forced to hire Sutter. Had Covid not been a factor, I think the owners were willing to go all in, but knowing that this year might still bring monetary losses, they just want things to play out and not commit to any of the current core of players.
Once this season in out of the way and we don't make the playoffs again, or lose in the first round, they will clean house and have a clean slate to work with. The owners are waiting for the new building to be ready and Tree is simply a care taker GM until next off season when they have a better overall picture of the future.
I don't hate the man, and I think he has done some good things, but his overall body of work has not brought the desired results. I'm sort of dreading the position we are in with numbers 19 and 13 going into the season and it feels like we have no overall plan. It was the same with the season entering Brodie's last year. It just all seems too familiar. Our plan has always been to sneak in to the playoffs and see what happens. Thats a loser mentality that has not worked for us.
I'm optimistic that our season will be better than the last one though and I do not believe we will see much change to the current roster.
Thankfully over the season we wont ever have to hear about the fact 13 & 19 are not signed so it's not a distraction to the team./s
With all that being said, I'm just some nobody random fan who gets all his info from the internet, and has no clue how difficult it is to be a manager. It is so easy for me to sit here and critique based on the tiniest amount of info that I've gleamed from some rumour on HF. So thank you for allowing me to express my ignorant and uninformed opinion.