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Originally Posted by Bingo
Lots of things.
Coaching hires
UFA contracts
Cap management
I think most GMs make mistakes, first off, but those are the areas where he hamstrung himself to one degree or another.
But with Gaudreau the org and not the GM likely made the call on keeping Gaudreau last summer, and 50% chance at a star player is certainly worth 5% chance of the same if he moved his rights for a 4th rounder last week.
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You keep saying 4th rounder as though that's what was on the table for Gaudreau. That's about as speculative as anything I've said.
But I don't care about the asset they received for Gaudreau (if any) but the direction they would go without Gaudreau. I said it before the draft. This was a franchise altering situation and the path should have been clear. If they didn't have Gaudreau next season, they should be rebuilding and that starts at the draft. Veterans should have been on the table and the team entering a rebuild so they do have assets in the upcoming years especially if they can draft someone like Bedard. Instead they were left in limbo and the GM has to take some responsibility for that.
If Treliving is simply hamstrung by the owners, fair enough, but then who cares who is puppet in the GM role. It's like Lowe and Katz up north, I don't even know who they pretend to call the GM up there.