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Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious
You're not understanding how this works.
Unless it's a top five pick, the chances of getting a player as good as O'Reilly are extremely slim.
Instead, we accelerate that player into the lineup and have him as a 3 season veteran at 22 years old, already one of the best young defensive centres in the game.
If he was 32, sure, your assertion would be correct.
If it works out we sign him, it's something that helps us now and moving forward because of how young and how good he is.
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You're not getting what I'm saying.
This means we are going for it this year (if colorado matches) because now the worst possible case scenerio is us finishing in the bottom 3. That means we won't be trading anyone of importance. We can't go and trade Kipper and Iggy because then once again, we become a bottom feeder.
This to me, means we will be extending Iginla and the rebuild is delayed for at least another year and Jarome is most likely of the table as a rental that could garner us anything remotely decent.
This is not a good thing in my eyes.