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Originally Posted by highfive
Hard to say but I feel we give too much credit to Gillis.
He inherited the Sedins, Kesler, and Luongo.
Ehrhoff landed on his lap but c'mon, we never expected the twins go from .9-1.0 point per game players to over 1p/game guys. Kes to score 41 goals. Burrows going from grinder bottom checking player to top line player. AND we had Luongo.
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99% of GM’s are in the exact same position when they inherit the teams.
The hard part is adding effective pieces around the core, which Gillis was seemingly able to do a few different times. He also seemed to grasp the cap much better than the last 2 GM’s here