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Originally Posted by Cobra
The job of a GM is to sign your most talented player before his UFA year or trade him for assets.
Some on this forum argue that it is ok for if he leaves as you get cap space.
These same people also say the GM job is hard here as no FA want to come to Calgary.
So having cap space is useless if no big FA will come here.
This team lacks high end talent (playoff performance) so potentially losing Johnny for nothing is inexcusable.
A good GM in a market that has trouble getting FA talent never gets to this position.
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And to make more good calls then bad.
If Treliving had a $9m/yr take it or leave it offer from Gaudreau's camp, and the ownership was on board, but he felt it better to risk the season as he saw the value coming down he would have been wrong.
If he felt Gaudreau would sign at some point so there was no point in moving him for assets, and he doesn't he would be wrong.
Those are certainly points in the tally to assess your GM.
But without knowing what happened last summer and what's happening now we really can't say he just let a player get away.