@awashek3@PredatorsMuse I think he had valuable contributions in a supporting role, but the track record on trades and other acquisitions was much stronger with Sakic in the GM chair. It will be interesting to see if he brings anyone else from Denver over with him.
@awashek3@PredatorsMuse I appreciate what CMac brought to the Avs. We could have had much worse (see Toronto). But he overpaid at the deadline year after year to fill the holes he created and left us low on picks and the prospect cupboard bare. He inherited every core piece from when Sakic was the GM.
@awashek3@PredatorsMuse I’d rather have Mikko than Necas/Drury, especially considering that Drury is likely a cap casualty this summer. Byram loved Colorado and was blindsided by the trade. Him and Makar were always the future top pair.
@awashek3@PredatorsMuse Decent return on Mikko but I think a majority of fans/pundits would agree they’d rather have him signed and still in Colorado. Byram was traded because McFarland consistently failed to fill the 2C hole (Compher, Soderberg, Johansen) after letting Kadri walk in favor of Nichushkin
@awashek3@PredatorsMuse All trades that happened because MacFarland failed to get extensions / other business done in the summertime. A lot of GMs in his shoes could have made massive futures-based packages to get players at the deadline to fill needs
@IamVinnyG@evanrawal Are you thick? Nashville offered a promotion, massive pay raise and contract extension, and the Avs still made counter offers to try to keep him
@MaxGreenberg176 Good GM but to say he oversaw them go from the joke of the league is a huge stretch. The core pieces were already in place before he joined the organization or had the top job. And he’s lost or overpaid in most of the deals he’s made since he did get the GM chair
@bfreshdangz@RajOnRadio I know he’s been involved but his record in the GM seat is nowhere near as good as Sakic’s was. Any GM can dish premium assets for the top guys at the deadline, and the leg work he’s done in the summer has been not great either. Newhook for Colton/Gulyayev another miss imo