KIRK
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1. Title kept PG because @DegenX, who forced me to start this thread, said she'd ban my candy ass if the thread title wasn't PG.
2. I think it's safe to say that JR's work over the last 18 months has been about as bad a stint as we've seen from a GM during the Crosby/Malkin era. I'll let subsequent posters/posts go into the details, but 18 months ago was the time to think about being proactive about starting a mini retool on the fly. Instead, JR (a) went with the Shero approach of keeping as much as you can, fill in with (perceived) 'poor man's versions', and then spend futures at the deadline and (b) took a team defined by speed, possession, and defensemen who could move the puck and support the offense and deconstructed it into whatever one would call them now.
2. I think it's safe to say that JR's work over the last 18 months has been about as bad a stint as we've seen from a GM during the Crosby/Malkin era. I'll let subsequent posters/posts go into the details, but 18 months ago was the time to think about being proactive about starting a mini retool on the fly. Instead, JR (a) went with the Shero approach of keeping as much as you can, fill in with (perceived) 'poor man's versions', and then spend futures at the deadline and (b) took a team defined by speed, possession, and defensemen who could move the puck and support the offense and deconstructed it into whatever one would call them now.