Quoting: SociallyHawkward
Yzerman got tampa in this cap mess yet everyone thinks he's one of the best GM's. He bolts (pun intended) for detroit right before he has to sign these guys and now he's gonna benefit from the mess he made in tampa. Now when he makes a trade like the one in this post everyone is gonna say how great a gm he is for robbing his old team. Smh. Good thing tampa got their cup last season cus the lightning are gonna look very different in the next few years just trying to stay under the cap.
Well that is not entirely true.
Kucherov, Palat, Johnson, killorn Hedman and McDonagh were signed by Yzerman. Point, Gourde, Paquette, Sergachev and Vasilevskiy were signed by BB. The Johnson and McDonagh might be bad deals on Yzerman, but like Toronto and other GMs they assumed the cap would go up. Also blaming Yzerman for drafting well, developing talent, trading for better players and then turning around and say that is a bad job, well alot of teams would be so lucky. Did he sign some players for to long or slightly to much, in the case of Johnson and McDonagh sure. Kucherov's deal looks like it is good coming off of an great season. Stamkos deal.was a steal at the time, Hedman is underpaid, Palat is a good signing. He was there to draft Kucherov, Point, Vasilevskiy, Hedman and traded Drouin for Sergachev. From what I see he has done a pretty good job. Can not fault a GM for seeing talent and developing it and then say won't pay you.