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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
At this point the best play would have been to go all in on a guy like Schnieder or Raanta imho. Guys that have started a number of games and need a change of scenery or legitimate chance to shine. You keep giving up mid range assets to land marginal "hopeful" starter solutions and it adds up to a much larger investment and worst of all, lost opportunities.
If even one of Rittich, Parsons or Gillies evolves into solid 1B material I would consider it a huge win for the organization at this point. I'm not so sure the organization has the time or patience to see this through considering the team's current window is now open.
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Schneider was a fantasy. The Devils have shown no inclination to move him and there's never been any talk of him being available or teams even making offers. Going all in on Raanta could very easily turn into worse than Mike Smith play for a small fortune. People were going to be disappointed no matter what as there were no guys like Schneider available to the Flames.