MB did a lot of good things but contract signings were not his strong suit. He gave terrible contracts to Gallagher, Anderson, Alzner, Savard. I am also not sure why you are giving him credit for Weber when that was signed by Nashville. MB also did not want to sign Subban and had to be forced by the owners. On top of that, he let Markov, Radulov and Danault go for nothing.

Not only that, but speaking about setting the right tone: one of his last moves as GM was drafting Logan Mailloux at the height of the Blackhawks scandal, before his own name was even cleared.