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Originally Posted by Bingo
We don't want GMs negotiating hard on contracts?
Conroy should just offer huge contracts in case the guy explodes the next season?
Gaudreau was coming off back to back seasons well under a point per game, he didn't deserve a $10.5/yr contract. Nothing we've seen in Columbus since suggests he does either.
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You want your GM to be smart. There’s times to negotiate hard and there’s times to pull back. If Treliving’s talent evaluation skills were stronger, then he would’ve realized that he needed to dial it back on his UFAs and increase it for his RFAs. You have to know your players and what they’re really worth.
Maybe Mangiapane and especially Huberdeau wouldn’t be so grossly overpaid or maybe Tkachuk and Gaudreau would still be Flames, who knows. But make no mistake, Treliving’s decision making is the biggest reason why this franchise is in the gutter right now.