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Originally Posted by Swayze11
Not sure if this was referring to me but since ive been GM of the Avs, I have had maybe 5-7 trade offers, I am always the one sending them out. I have no problem with that, but like Slava said the only players people are interested in is my young guys (Perron, Wheeler, etc.) which make no sense.
Another issue I have are some GMs offering junk for a "rental" player in Mitchell. He is getting a grid deal regardless of who gives it to him and that grid deal will only be maybe 1 million more then his current contract. Unless its a blue chip prospect or a player currently in the NHL I will not trade him. Why would I want a guy who's been in the AHL for 3 years now and doesn't look like he will get out of there.
Heres my thoughts on the whole "making a push for the cup" and correct me if I am wrong. You give up long term assets to acquire an immediate upgrade reguardless of age, contract status, etc. For example if I traded Willie Mitchell for a blue chip prospect in the ECHL that would make perfect sense, you get a top d-man for this year and I get the long term asset. That is the current issue right now is GMs do not want to give up their top prospects who are 2-3 years away from a CPHL rating. Sure they might eventually get the same rating as Mitchell but thats not the case at this current moment. Now im not saying a Mitchell for Patrick Kane which does not make a lot of sense but a Mitchell for a lower 1st round prospect is not unreasonable is it?
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Pat, you make some good points. I'm in a similar boat as you, most of the time I'm making the offer to another team. I think you are one of the few GM's I get offered a deal rather than the other way around.
As for the UFA situation, it's definitely an interesting one. The problem is, most contenders are fairly close to the salary cap so they don't want to be taking on a lot of salary...for me I'm mainly looking for guys with 1 year left on their contract so I can just release them to free agency. I was in a similar boat a year ago because I saw upcoming UFA's as having just as much value as a regular guy on a grid contract because really, how often to UFA's go to free agency, they almost always get signed to a grid contract.