The answers to these questions will tell you, with 100% accuracy, which posters were the most angry the second the ROR trade happened, versus which posters tried to convince that segment that we were going to get 45 goals out of the return in that trade this season.
This leaves out the people who know the Pegulas made it imperative to trade O'Reilly before the bonus payout. I was pissed about the return, and never had any delusions that Berglund and Sobotka were more than cap dumps to even out salary. Thompson is just a dice-roll prospect, along with the 1st. I know some people believe Botterill should have refused the Pegulas' demands, and basically quit his job over it...but that's a silly argument from people that don't have to pay his bills.
I blame Botterill for not making better secondary/tertiary moves to acquire slightly better place holders while shoring up the prospect pool and Rochester. But to me, that's not a very big deal because it's the difference between finishing as a bubble team or a bottom ten team. I'd rather have the better draft position so...
I blame Housley for forcing a defensive scheme that his roster can't handle, and failing to stick with pairings or usage that makes obviously more sense than what he's gone to/back to regularly. He could have TB as a wild-card team right now.