Adams had roughly the same qualifications to be an NHL GM as the guy with the hot dog cart outside of the arena. Only a ridiculous fool like Terry didn't see this coming.
Walsh works for his clients to get them what they want. He didn't give a counter offer because JJ didn't want to be here. Why do you think he was feeding his stooge Fat Frank all of those stories?
When you are in a contract year and show up completely unprepared and out of shape and stink the joint out on a nightly basis that's a HUGE red flag. Why in the hell are they giving him anything other than a qualifying offer?
MM was a journeyman who literally got carried by an all but certain HOF'er to a few good seasons and fell straight off a cliff without Tavares. Tuch is an all-star caliber two way forward that teams pray for. There is literally no comparison here.