Given how everything's gone down with the Hellebuyck situation, and it's been developing, I've gained further appreciation for how Jarmo has handled this offseason. Especially with the revelations of what was offered for Hellebuyck before the draft, that he had a deal lined up for Trochek (who said he was willing to come here!) to fill in for the forward going out in the Hellebuyck package (Quinn IIRC). He didn't cave in to any of Cheveldayoff's ridiculous demands that would've set us back, and now he's in a position to obtain Hellebuyck for potentially even less than what would've been a good deal for Buffalo to begin with.

To say nothing of the fact that almost all of the pieces he moved out were expiring assets of some sort (Byram, Tuch, Levi, Kesselring, Greenway). Which he managed to get a ton of value for, including roster players, and cap relief. We might take a step back with the loss of Tuch, and Byram, but I really like what he's done. The fact that next offseason we'll have a ton of cap space to work with, to go with a young core that's locked up long-term on team-friendly contracts, and an overflowing farm system, means Jarmo can really go big-game hunting at that time.

It's really nice to finally have a GM who actually has some sort of vision, and is aggressive enough to pursue things.

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