They should never have targeted Chytil. Its not even a hindsight thing, he was neither a 2C because of a lack of finish nor likely to achieve his ceiling because of the Lindros-ian way he plays the C position. With the way Canadian/American relationships are going, acquiring Canadian players will be an underrated priority, I would rather add to acquire Lafreniere, but was it ever proven that Miller would veto any trade other than to play with his buddy Trochek?
"being more pro active" is a tough sell on Allvin, who used to be the most proactive of ALL the GMs last year. I have to agree this TDL result does seem to indicate that he was under some restriction on what he can do. I believe what he says that the market for Boeser is low, but was it nonexistent when Beauvillier went for a 2nd? So what is preventing him from marketing Boeser? Speed. Beauvillier has footspeed, Boeser has none, we all know that Hankinen was given the green light to seek a trade before, but came back empty handed. I believe ownership is against just unloading the player for whatever is available, say a low second etc... because Aqua does know the sentiment around the players in his market. I've seen him get approached by fans at Eliza a few times, to think how he will look if he sold Boeser for pennies? So in some ways Allvin's hands are likely tied.