Jamin
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My thinking with the asterisk beside his good moves is that it was nothing skillful to pull off.There's no guarantee that MacT would have closed the deal for Talbot and at that price. Any GM can negotiate, not all can close.
Of course he should get credit for Maroon, he played a key part in getting them to the playoffs and beyond so based on that alone, the deal was a success. It was the right thing to do to trade him when they did, it was either that or overpay him with term which people would complain about anyway.
UFA's don't ever give discounts unless it's re-signing with their previous team or going to a Cup contender. The Oilers were neither of those for Sekera. 5.5M was actually pretty solid for him, pretty much perfect value for a UFA of that stature, maybe a year too long on the term.
Hall for Larsson was an overpay, there's no debating that. The question is if you think the bigger need Larsson filled was worth it. That remains to be seen but yeah, it was an obvious overpay.
I didn't give him a pass for the Reinhart deal. I do believe that the OBC pushed it on him because they had a woody for Reinhart for years but he had the power to not make the ridiculously stupid trade so that's on him.
Agreed completely on Russell. The 1 year deal was very good then he followed it up with a blunder with that ridiculous 4 year contract and even more ridiculous NMC.
I agree with some of what you're saying but you kind of proved my point with all the asterisks you put on his good moves (the Talbot, Maroon and Sekera ones). At least you were honest with your counterpoint and didn't call me a Chia fan boy so thanks for the honest debate without the name calling.
For Sekera I agree with you and was happy when he signed, granted like you said a year too long. My issue is I feel like anyone could have been running the Oilers that summer and pulled off the signing.
Its like Talbot. Ill give you its no guarantee Mac T closes but from watching Sather on that Friday years ago it seemed like once a first rounder was out of the question from anyone it was Edmonton's goalie to lose.
My issue is there is so much bad in his time in Edmonton and I feel most of his good could have been accomplished by an average GM.