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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Downside? That would be a great outcome.
And if he was going to require a big raise that you didn't want to give him, you trade him for another asset.
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I think that a team wouldn't give an asset away for Cervenka even if he performs a little better, because he is still unproven. I don't think we will get more than a third round pick for him because there are always bigger fish come trade deadline.
I mention it as a downside, because he would be a UFA instead of RFA at the end of his contract. This way Calgary will put time and effort into developing an asset for someone else. To me it seems like a lot of effort for the possibility of gaining an extra third rounder.
I also think that he wouldn't have enough opportunity to greatly improve on his numbers based on the current roster. He wouldn't have very much PP time because you have Tanguay, Cammalleri, Stempniak, Hudler, Backlund, and Baertschi ahead of him.
In my mind there's about 75% chance that we will get a similar player to what we had this year. A player that is mostly invisible when he is not on the scoresheet, and we already have too many of those. Not to mention that 11 of his 17 pts came against non playoff teams.