I don't buy into that trade being the disaster it is portrayed to be either.
What transpired last year from the day the trade was made to the ene of the season was not foreseeable. we still had some holes but i suspect the thinking was get to the tdl and assess the needs.
Lots of talk about giving methot away. He has played 45 out of about 125 games since he left ottawa and has openly spoken about this being his last season.
Turris has produced 60 points in 95 games for Nashville. Take away his hot 20 points in 20 games start in Nashville and he is playing at a 44 point pace. I liked Turris, i really did but he was clearly not a guy we should have signed to a 6 by 6 deal.
Someone refernced GMs being evaluated in hindsight and i completely agree with that. However the circumstances of the past year are so bloody bizarre that i'm not sure it's fair to evaluate PD on some of what has transpired.
Assessing Methot and Turris as players we needed to move on from .... i think time has shown they were the correct hockey decisions
Turris is in a different situation in Nashville. He didn't put up too much before he got to us in Arizona and now he's behind Ryan Johansen in Nashville most nights.
He tried to upgrade the center position.... fine...
His story is he traded away a non-protected first round for a slight upgrade at the center position and then a few months later he decided on a full rebuild. It's disastrous management.
Melnyk and Dorion have no idea what they're doing. It took a billion dollar lawsuit and a long dark tunnel with no end for Melnyk to understand he should have tried to work harder to find a deal with Ruddy or a buyer. Dorion has no f***ing idea how to look at a team and decide what needs to happen. It's bad.