I think he hit most trades out of the park, and nobody has brought up the fact that he was severely hamstrung in some of them.
The whole Markstrom thing - he still didn't flinch at what he thought was a bad deal at the trade deadline, and held firm. The return was the highest for a goalie even close to his age (and Markstrom is no spring chicken).
Zadorov 'surprising' him with a trade request in Toronto's media environment.
Hanifin picking and choosing which club he gets to go to.
Lindholm looking absolutely terrible as a Flame since Gaudreau and Tkachuk left.
Trying to unload Toffolli in a tough cap market where almost no trades happened.
If you look at his body of work, it was enormous, and he managed to get decent returns on all of them, all under pressure, and many with baggage. He is such a god damn rock star, that the Rolling Stones called him for tips on how to be better rock stars.
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