Agreed. Good article. There was 3 or 4 grades I would move up or down a letter, but overall there wasn't much to nitpick outside one...which I will explain later.
I do agree that Engelland was a bad pick as a UFA. While there was a chance he would've stayed in CGY, seeing what they did to their blue line right after he left seems to me like they were probably going to let him walk. Take another asset, and sign Engelland for cash only.
And Detroit. Detroit is in cap hell somehow with a terribad team. Right now they are over the cap and are going to have to make 1-2 moves to even be legal for next season.
McPhee should've extracted a pick or prospect on top of Nosek, or just taken Mrazek.
Pitt and Fluery...I don't get the "face of the franchise" tag people are repeating over and over. The guy is a damn goalie, and far from a star. If he is the face of your franchise that is pathetic to be brutally honest.
I would've went with Rust, and chosen someone like Mrazek, Grubaeur, Raanta, Subban, etc along with Pickard. I would've rather went with two backup / fringe starters who would push each other for the starting role, and all are much younger, and fit the team's competitiveness timeline much better. Not mad about Fleury, but in no way should that be an "A" grade.