I hear you and understand your uneasiness with temporary improvement.
I personally think that the problem was that the 2012-13 improvement was not followed up properly, NOT that improvement was a bad thing per se.
Bergevin is not the right GM for the job, in my opinion. Letting him take the next steps is in my opinion "the mistake we should not make twice."
I was listening to TSN 690 this morning. One of the guests, a writer whose name was stated before I turned on the station, said that he asked Marc Bergevin in Toronto the day of the season opener if the team was doing well prior to the deadline, would he move away from the reset strategy and trade assets for short-term help. Bergevin did not say NO.
Ominous sign that he will not take the proper steps. Hopefully he is replaced, or his poor vision is overwhelmed by either his boss or the consensus of his staff.
Bergy scares me, truly.
I don't believe in this buffoon at all. We have seen more than enough to know he has no vision, or plan, or structure. It's just random building.