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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I think Mike Grier is one of the worst GMs in hockey, yet when you finish at the bottom of the standings, it's just so easy to compile high end future assets.
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Yeah, but it's also on him to execute. Two top-end picks working out as best as well as possible generally still isn't enough (...although better than what we've managed).
Why do you think Grier is bad? When you add all the trades up the key pieces don't look terrible.
In:
2023 1st (Musty)
2024 1st (14th OA)
2025 1st (VGK)
2024 2nd (42nd)
Edstrom (2023 1st, 32nd OA)
Mukhamadullin (2020 1st, 20th OA)
Out:
Meier
Karlsson
Hertl
3rd
3rd
A pending RFA with 1-year left of that status, an $11.5M ($1.5M retained) defenceman who had one strong bounce back season and was then traded (well timed by Grier), and then Hertl who was a long-term contract that didn't really fit in with where the team was going.
I think Grier has done just fine. That's five or six high end pieces in return for 3 veterans who didn't fit the team going forward and making those trades had a direct impact in improving SJ's own 1st round picks that have resulted in their #1 and #2 centres going forward (Celebrini, Smith). I would expect he'll also grab a fairly nice piece at 14 this year as well (would make sense to draft a defenceman...if Yakemchuk is there? Great pull).