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Originally Posted by 868904
I agree, Conacher is a good player but he's not a guy you build around. You don't build a team around a 5'8 175 lb forward. He's a good support player if you have other core star players. Like a Tanguay or Cammaleri.
Bishop is a guy you can build around if he fully develops.
If both guys fully develop, Bishop is the bigger impact player. Conacher at this stage may be slightly ahead if Bishop in his development, but I do t think it's by much.
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I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but I happened to be listening to the FAN in the car when this trade broke, and Loumbardias was saying that TB has a whole bunch of guys in their system in the Conacher mold, and that Cooper knows all these guys well, so they probably felt they could afford to let Conacher go. While Ottawa was dealing from a position of strength, so was TB. FWIW.