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Originally Posted by Sandman
But Tre actually DID see him play before signing him. He saw what his scouts and the rest of the NHL saw- a LW that put up 115 points, including the record for most assists in a season by a LW with 85, playing with Bennett and Duclair. There was reason to believe that he would have great production on a Sutter team that tilted the ice night after night with a fast transition/ puck possession game. It was dumb-ass Sutter that decided we needed to change the offensive scheme to a high shot volume system because we apparently "lacked offensive talent".
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Tre did see him play but not under the coach he extended(or was about to extend) to 2 more years. He didn't see him play with any of our players. It's excusable when we as fans misjudge a player's fit, but managers should know better, have more information, or wait for more information before such a large commitment is made.
We all saw Neal have how many consecutive 20G seasons before signing him here? That's all we could hear that summer how we can just bank on 20G because he's that consistent. Sounds familiar? Remember how Huberdeau's points will replace Gaudreau's and Kadri's will replace Tkachuk who should be an 80P player without Gaudreau. That's a fine assessment from a fan or the media, but that's also what distinguishes good GMs from bad ones, and that's why they're paid the big bucks, and we're not.