he's done well. when he signed everyone that offseason it was kinda necessary. when he first came in he cleaned house, completely tore it down and started from scratch. we needed new players, those guys were all stop gaps. all of those players are almost phased out.
he traded olesz for campbell. got luongo for nothing (with salary retained). has drafted well, drafting guys like barkov, bjugstad, huberdeau, gudbranson, matheson, mccoshen, petrovic, trocheck, grimaldi, howden, that sets us up very well moving forward, not to mention a possible top-3 pick this summer.
lets also keep in mind he's the only gm to get us to the playoffs since 2000 and first ever division champions, almost advancing to the 2nd round.
signing jovo was fine, he just signed him for too long, should've been 2 to 3 years, not 4. kuba was only a 2yr deal and no one expected him to play that bad especially coming off a solid season with ottawa. not his fault versteeg started playing terrible after his extension. not his fault that flash and huberdeau are doing terrible this season. not his fault everyone gets injured. he has money, he'll target guys, its up to those guys whether they want to sign here or not. yes we'll have to over pay a little naturally, but it depends on how much and if its worth it. next year won't be perfect, we still have flash, upshall, kopecky, even jovo still under contract for 1 more yr. then luckily their off the books. if we draft bennett we'll pursue a RW I'm sure since he'll be a winger with us most likely. if we draft ekblad we'll pursue either a lw or rw. and definitely be looking to overhaul our D.