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Originally Posted by Infinit47
It's the GM's job to ensure he doesn't lose his best asset for nothing. He failed to do that.
Regarding Tkachuk, Ottawa signed his brother for 8 years at $8.2 mil/yr with less impressive stats. They signed Stutzle to 8 years at 8.3mil/yr with similar stats. It happens. Both of those look great now.
Treliving's results were not good over the course of 9 years. I'm surprised people are romanticizing his tenure like this.
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I guess Lou Lamourello is a terrible GM. Let Tavares go for nothing because Tavares kept saying he was willing to stay (like Gaudreau). Fact is that Treliving had exactly one chance to trade Gaudreau - it was after the equivalent of a 70 point season (and a 67 point season the year before), when JG was telling him he wanted to stay. So tell me - what was the trade then?
As for Chucky, I have a brother just like Tkachuk has one. Surprisingly, we are different people. There is no doubt in my mind that Matthew Tkachuk wanted out and would have signed no more than a single additional year, to take him straight to UFA. Plus, not only was there Neal, but Treliving had Giordano, Gaudreau, Monahan all making significant money. Ottawa was completely free to throw a big number at Brady, and a Neal sized contract on their books wouldn’t have prevented it either.