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Originally Posted by Matty81
Wow just saw that trade the Canes made tonight... what were they thinking? Traded Merkley for a 19 year old grinder and a 3rd rounder to a team they're jockeying for playoff position with. I think they managed to trade a 17 year old for a 19 year old and actually still get worse. I imagine they were desperate for toughness but just a couple weeks after Kamloops picked up Kessy for pennies on the dollar.... that one is going to sting for a few years. Even though they don't need another centre wish Kelowna would have gotten in on Merkley at that price.
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I love to criticize Preston at any chance and to be honest it has been easy based on his decisions lately but Merkley has been crap for the Hurricanes with little evidence of changing.
This seems like not a bad move but not a good move either. The Canes get not much back but likely don't give up anything that will bite them in the ass either. The fact is that Preston has mismanaged this team so badly that he needs to make sure they make the play-offs and if that means giving up a guy with 10% chance of turning into something good then so be it.
Trust me you are better off with Merkley not being on your team at this point in his career.