It's bad process, because otherwise you would also have to say the Forsling trade was good process, the Vey trade and so on. One win (which until he sustains this play it is not) does not change this.
It's not as simple as this, unfortunately.
Indulge me for a moment in a thought exercise.
Suppose this last off season they acquired a magical device that could predict Norris winners. Suppose there is no reason to doubt its veracity. Again, it's a thought exercise.
Now, suppose their device told them that Pouliot would win the Norris in 2021. I think that we all agree that armed with this information, they made an excellent trade, and one we would all make.
In this case, criticizing their process behind the trade is beyond silly. Obviously, their magic box is a key piece of the process that you know nothing about, and the only way to infer that they may have had such a device would be based on the results of the trade. When Pouliot wins the Norris you would have to think, maybe they knew something we didn't.
Now, obviously they do not possess such a device, and also their track record on this is abysmal, so I don't trust them either, but just as all the failures of sbisa, clendening, Bartkowski, etc indicated to us, based on results, remember, that the process might be flawed, continued good play from Pouliot may suggest that something has been corrected, and if the trend continues, with subsequent acquisitions having similar success, we would have to re think our evaluation of their process.
All based on results.