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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Letting Gaudreau get into the final year of that contract without the extension was the mistake. Conroy admitted that in his comments. If this was knowledge gained from this event, then that is fine. But Treliving, an “experienced and top GM in the game” should have understood this. Sadly he made the same mistake multiple times before so he really wasn’t a student of his own mistakes. Defend the stupidity all you want, but it was predicted and came to fruition, much to the detriment of the hockey club.
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Yeah he should have hogtied Gaudreau and forced him to sign on the dotted line, any experienced GM would have known to do that, a top player gunning to be a free agent to offer their services to the highest bidder for a retirement contract has literally never ever happened in the NHL before. Big swing and a miss there.