Some of his best work was done in the drafts. He oversaw drafts that landed Travis Sanheim, Nic Aube-Kubel and Oskar Lindblom in 2014; Ivan Provorov, Travis Konecny, and Felix Sandstrom in 2015; German Rubtsov, Pascal Laberge, Carter Hart, and Wade Allison in 2016; Nolan Patrick, Morgan Frost, and Isaac Ratcliffe in 2017; and Joel Farabee and Jay O'Brien in 2018.
Hit: Signed free-agent Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.
Hit: Traded Tye McGinn to San Jose for a third-round pick in 2015 that turned out to be Sandstrom, a promising goalie.
Hit: Traded Kimmo Timonen to Chicago for second-round picks in 2015 and 2016.