No doubt, it was disastrous. The only deal I thought was a good idea was Kunitz.
Summer of 2014, I felt that this team only had one real chance at a Cup and that window would only open in a couple of years. Prior to that, we needed to shed bad contracts, shop for longterm wingers, and focus on getting our young cost controlled players as much experience as possible. During that period, maximize our assets. Then the window opens and we compete until Sid and Geno start to decline and our 'youth' are out pricing themselves.
Present day. The players we needed to shed are firmly entrenched, and we waited too long to get anything of value for 14. We wasted $4m on Ehrhoff. Despres was dumped for nothing, Dumoulin will need to pass waivers, and Bennett has 3 feet out the door; we picked up Perron but each day this **** show continues he is more likely to go FA. Martin is gone via UFA. We gave up 2 picks to rent Winnik, if he doesn't re-sign it is a huge loss. This team isn't in a position to be renting players.
After what has gone on this year, I'm not sure how much of that window remains. 2013 was bad but we continue piling on. The current management is really only marginally better, if at all.
