a GM’s roles

to construct a roster, the main ways being:

• drafting and scouting
• player development
• trading
• contract negotiation

if i were to grade KD, here’s what I’d give him, on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest:

1. scouting, drafting, signing: 4 –> compare players
2. player development: 5 – find amount of marles –> leafs compared to others
3. trading: 3 –> outline all trades
4. contract negotiation: 2 – nylander, matthews, marner, tavares

to me, what will be interesting as a real world comparison of the last skill there rated at 2 is when lou lamoriello finalizes a deal with some forward named matthew barzal.

this could drop dubas to a 1 in this area.

here’s what i would be reading if i were kyle:

1. getting to yes
2. never split the difference
3. influence

just these books creatively applied have the potential to shave a few mill off the cap per year.