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Originally Posted by dino7c
I'm not kicking anyone...how is the GM not partially responsible for guys leaving?
He could have signed Tkachuk longer but the cap was tied up in Neal ect.
He obviously didnt read the Gaudreau situation well
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He’s only responsible insofar as he’s the GM. Gaudreau didn’t even know what he was doing himself, and by all accounts made up his mind months and months after Treliving could do anything about it. You wanted him to trade Gaudreau the year before his big season? Or at the TDL in a year where they were 4th favorite to win the cup according to Vegas (after Gaudreau’s 3 team NTC kicked in)?
Yes, the Neal signing had fallout. But I doubt he would have (or any GM would have) offered Tkachuk more than 7 per year at the time.