Which GM was better at assembling 4th lines: Gainey, Gauthier, or Bergevin?

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Gainey was great at it, sometimes he would spend the entire offseason doing nothing but building a sweet 4th line. Even his drafts were aimed at finding the perfect 4th liner. You can't find that kind of expertise anymore.

The problem is that; only improving our 4th line over the years, over decades of non-winning teams in play-offs. I didn't vote because they're all equally good. When you draft your first choice in guys like Chipchura to become the perfect 4th liner, OMG ! When you never draft a solid first center to replace aging Koivu, when Kopitar, Giroux, Bergeron, Getzlaf and Zajak were available. At least Bergegin is trying to change the pattern getting Danault for nothing, Drouin (but it didn't work), Domi, Radulov and he did draft Kotka and Poehling, he also got Tatar and Suzuki by giving Paccio. Gainey and Gauthier (his twin bro) were stagnant while MB is trying in many ways to change radically this team into the new reality. Sometimes it doesn't work (fiasco), sometimes it seems to work pretty well.

The only time Gainey did something drastic was when he signed Cammalerri, Gionta and traded McDonagh for Gomez (OMG !). He did a major mistake years before while giving Koivu a non-trade clause, so he lost Koivu for nothing at the end. Without any valuable center, he was forced to get Gomez, you know the rest ...

 

[SirClintonPortis]

I don’t think we have had a homegrown grinder be successful in any sense since Bergevin took over. Everything has been scrapheap pickups from other teams. That's bad cap-wise.

 

[DAChampion]

The problem is that; only improving our 4th line over the years, over decades of non-winning teams in play-offs. I didn't vote because they're all equally good. When you draft your first choice in guys like Chipchura to become the perfect 4th liner, OMG ! When you never draft a solid first center to replace aging Koivu, when Kopitar, Giroux, Bergeron, Getzlaf and Zajak were available. At least Bergegin is trying to change the pattern getting Danault for nothing, Drouin (but it didn't work), Domi, Radulov and he did draft Kotka and Poehling, he also got Tatar and Suzuki by giving Paccio. Gainey and Gauthier (his twin bro) were stagnant while MB is trying in many ways to change radically this team into the new reality. Sometimes it doesn't work (fiasco), sometimes it seems to work pretty well.

The only time Gainey did something drastic was when he signed Cammalerri, Gionta and traded McDonagh for Gomez (OMG !). He did a major mistake years before while giving Koivu a non-trade clause, so he lost Koivu for nothing at the end. Without any valuable center, he was forced to get Gomez, you know the rest ...

Chipchura was not drafted to be a 4th liner. He had a severe injury after the draft, which capped his development .

 

[uiCk]

Don't post often anymore but, 10/10 thread

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Chipchura was not drafted to be a 4th liner. He had a severe injury after the draft, which capped his development .

If I remember correctly, he was projected as as 3rd center or 2nd at best. Even not having his terrible injury, he would never reach the level of a Bergeron or a Zajak. But before he was drafted, he did have a muscle groin injury that made him slide to the 17th position.