Botts wanted Beaulieu... let’s hope he’s not the worst GM in the club.
In fairness, I feel like there's less of a red flag when your the first team on a cheap reclamation project... than when you're the second or third.
For example, I bet we could find a taker for Zemgus. If he ends up being a dud on the next team though, I bet they struggle mightily to find yet another taker for him. Or Yakupov, the Blues took a flier on him but couldn't find another dance partner... he ended up becoming UFA and signing with Colorado (so there was interest in him, just not for real assets).
I'm not going to be too torn up if Botts can't find another trade partner for Beaulieu. He took a flier on a young, mobile D. It didn't work out, unfortunately in doing so it further exposed Beaulieu for the player he is and the league is probably onto it now. It happens. Thankfully it was a pretty low risk endeavor overall.
EDIT: I'm looking forward to Botts actually doing something, instead of all this speculating about how stupid and awful he is based on half an offseason. So he can either shut people up with some really solid hockey moves, or do something stupid and turn me against him as well. My ass hurts from sitting on the fence so long.