Quoting: goodfella
I'm going to come across combative, but it's not my intention.
The defensive core he's building likely won't play in the NHL. With the exception of Thrun and Shakir.
He lost the Burns trade by a LOT. EK trade isn't looking good.
I'll give you Peterson, though he won't be here in a couple of years and won't really have an impact long term.
Duclair isn't a long term solution, he's likely traded at the TDL.
Musty was a steal potentially, but that's more because others didn't select him.
Zadina really came here because of Hertl.
The top pick this year was because he fumbled this season and got lucky with how bad we were.
Most of the moves he made won't help us contend in the long run imo. They're filler moves. Smith, Musty, and Bys might be there when we're better, but the rest I have a hard time seeing.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong, I just don't think he's done a good job and has made dumb moves.
- Burns was a mediocre at best player when traded - Lost the trade a bit at the time and honestly, depending on what they get for Duclair at the deadline may turn out to be fair (since Lorentz was dealt for Burns) + Makiniemi has starting/tandem potential
- EK deal hasn't happened so not sure how that can be criticized. There's 2 months until training camp, the time when EK was traded last time
- Pulli & Okhotiuk are seen as 7th D-men CURRENTLY while Havelid, Cagnoni and Pohlkamp are all seen as steals from where they were selected and have great NHL potential.
- Why wouldn't Peterson be here? He's a very good player, an RFA, young & the Sharks have the cap to lock him up - If he can help the team, he'll get signed
- If it wasn't Musty it was Lindstein, Nadeau, Cristall, etc. - This was a great draft to have a late 1st. We got lucky Musty dropped a bit but it was going to be a good prospect regardless
- Exactly - Duclair was healthy in the playoffs and tore it up. He could get a 1st plus if he's playing on our top lines - he was picked up to be flipped for assets (which then you can connect back to the Burns trade)
- Zadina also came here because he'd have a chance in a bigger role, Grier jumped on that opportunity to sign him, whether Hertl played a part or not. Hertl isn't the only Czech player in the league
- Not sure how you can say we fumbled this year - We traded our minute munching d-man, our top forward, shopped around our 100 pt d-man. He understands that we need to take a step back to get better assets