Maybe you’re right and there wasn’t an upgrade for Ceci out there in the last handful of days.
We are in our 3rd season now of him in our top 4. There hasn’t been an upgrade on him at any point in that time? It’s been abundantly clear his entire tenure here he’s not an adequate top 4 dman to win a cup.
And as @guymez said, just because an upgrade wasn’t traded (outside of Tanev and potentially Walker) doesn’t mean there weren’t deals to be made.
Not a single insider in the world had a clue of Hertl being available until the deal went through.
The deals are there to be made if you’ve got the GM to make them.
Exactly. McCrimmon grabbed Mantha and Hanifin. Was he done after? Nope. Did his job aggressively and made a trade for a player that nobody expected or thought that would get moved. Us? Probably just Eberle in the morning hoping he doesn't re-sign with Seattle with no backup plan in B, C, D, etc. Huge difference between a GM who makes excuses on why he can't make trades and a GM who plainly just shuts up and works effectively. If only we hired McCrimmon when he was available, this team would most likely have been a cup winner. What a complete waste of years with McDrai by having both Chiarelli and Holland as GM.