We often hear how bad of a GM Glen Sather is, especially when dealing with free agents. Look no further than 2008, when Slats signed the ill-fated Wade Redden to a six-year, $39 million contract, even after several years of declining play.
Or Bobby Holik's five-year, $45 million contract given in 2002. Holik was always a solid player, but should have never garnered $9 million a season. Of course that was in the pre-cap era, when Sather was really bad.
But, what is often forgotten is how well Glen Sather is at making trades, and essentially covering up his mistakes, for better or worse. No trade is more evident than that of the trade that sent Scott Gomez north of the boarder to Montreal, in exchange for Chris Higgins, Pavel Valentenko, Ryan McDonagh, and Doug Janik.
The trade, at the time, was made solely to free up cap space. Sather then turned Gomez's cap space in right winger Marian Gaborik, who would go on to score 42 goals and finish with other 80 points, all while staying nearly healthy the entire season. Gomez, on the other hand, finished with 12 goals and 47 assists and a far more talented Habs squad.
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Is the Scott Gomez Trade to Montreal the Best Deal by Glen Sather as GM?
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