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I give them a "C" for now. They passed up some obvious talent and made some questionable selections.
This thread might work better if you were to put all of their transactions in here. I can't recall them all off the top of my head.
I do know they had an unprecedented opportunity to build a better roster. I think they failed to take maximum advantage of that opportunity.
They seem to be setting themselves up to build through the draft rather than ice a better product now, which is contrary to earlier statements about contending within a few years.
It was all sort of "meh" to me. They picked up a few decent players, a bunch of middling vets, and some unspectacular prospects/players.
Whether they can get a decent return for some of those players by flipping them later, remains to be seen, but at best, I think they come out of this with a grade of about "B-".
Neal will probably net them a decent pick and prospect, but the rest will result in middling picks that are no better value wise than the options they had available who were more NHL ready.