There has been a lot of discussion about the Atlanta Thrashers management and Don Waddell as GM. Personally, I think we have seen an uptick in the quality of decisions the last 2 seasons. On the other hand, the decisions made between 2005-2007 (Bobby Holik, Todd White, etc) were bad in my opinion. Since Waddell has been GM for the entire history of the Thrasher it is all part of his legacy--and the overall numbers are not very good.
However, looking over the moves of the last two seasons I generally approve of most of these decisions. To illustrate that point I've created a "Grade Your GM Worksheet" below. It lists off the trades, signings, re-signings and waiver claims since late 2007. There is column where you can enter your own grade of these moves. Enjoy.
| Grade Your GM Worksheet | ||||
| Month | Year | Grade | Action | Transaction |
| Feb | 2010 | Traded | Lehtonen for Vishneski + 4th rounder | |
| Feb | 2010 | Traded | Kovalchuk + Salmela for Oduya Bergors and Cormier | |
| Oct | 2009 | Extended | Rich Peverley 2 seasons | |
| Oct | 2009 | Claimed | Schubert off re-entry waviers (1/2 price salary) | |
| Sept | 2009 | Signed | Afinogenov and Popovic | |
| Sept | 2009 | Released | Legace | |
| Sept | 2009 | Traded | McCarthy for Future Considerations | |
| Jul | 2009 | Signed | Stewart, Welch, Oystrick, Crabb, Krog, MacIntyre, Mannino | |
| Jul | 2009 | Extended | Slater and Throburn | |
| Jul | 2009 | Signed | Nik Antropov | |
| Jul | 2009 | Traded | Exelby and Stuart for Kubina and Stapleton | |
| Jun | 2009 | Drafted | E. Kane | |
| Jun | 2009 | Extended | Reasoner | |
| Mar | 2009 | Traded | Christensen for O'Dell | |
| Mar | 2009 | Traded | Salmela for Havelid and Stoesz | |
| Feb | 2009 | Traded | Schneider for 2nd (Morin) and 3rd round picks | |
| Jan | 2009 | Traded | J. Williams for Clay and 6th rounder | |
| Jan | 2009 | Claimed | Peverley off of waivers | |
| Sept | 2008 | Traded | Klee, Larsen + Paincahaud for Schneider | |
| Sept | 2008 | Extended | Enstrom 4 seasons | |
| Jul | 2008 | Signed | Reasoner, Williams, Hainsey (rejected by B. Campbell) | |
| Jul | 2008 | Extended | Hedberg and Boulton 2 years | |
| Jul | 2008 | Signed | Minor leaguers J. Lessard, Hoffman, Crabb, Oystrick, Stevenson | |
| Jun | 2008 | Signed | John Anderson as Head Coach | |
| Jun | 2008 | Drafted | Z. Bogosian | |
| Feb | 2008 | Traded | Hossa + Dupuis for Armstrong, Christensen, Esposito and 1st (Leveille) | |
| Dec | 2007 | Claimed | Recchi from waivers | |
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