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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
While surprising that they would not go for the hometown kid who fills the biggest need on the roster, MacKinnon is the BPA in this draft so I can understand why they would lean that way. But man, they would be more or less forced to trade a guy like Stastny.
MacKinnon, Duchene, O'Reilly, Stastny. Talk about an embarrassment of riches.
The thing I don't understand is why they would announce this unless it was some kind of posturing to stir the pot/create hype/throw other teams off.
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Its riches for this year but going forward not so much. My friend is a die hard Av's fan and has been saying for months that if Stastny is not traded this summer that he will be traded at the deadline. I have heard this also in the media.
Before the O'Reilly offer sheet the two sides were not exactly cordial during the process. There is a good chance that the Av's will be looking to trade ROR by the deadline also. Those are 2 centers that at the deadline will bring back some nice assets.
Not sure why the announced it, but if anything they might have just made Barkov's stock rise.