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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think he meddles in a dollars and cents way. Certainly didn't like his Feaster hire. Some of the coaches hired (outside of Sutter) seemed to be cheap options and that may have been driven by money.
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I think he can try to meddle in individual decisions at times too.
I have heard he played a big role in James Neal to Calgary. That he thought Neal was a big factor in the playoff run for Vegas, and when he was still available on Day 2 of free agency he's the one that made the big push to Treliving to sign him.
Now I don't really know if that's true or not...but it kind of makes sense when you consider it was after that season in 2019 when there were rumors that a condition of Treliving re-signing was full autonomy - you're not asking for that if the owner doesn't meddle.
And honeslty I don't blame Edwards for meddling, if I was an owner I would want to meddle too. Hell I'd probably be Jerry Jones and just make myself GM.
But I do fault him a bit for the way he does manage things sometimes and it does seem like his overall mindset is playoffs or bust more than long term building a cup contender.