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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Darryl Sutter managed to fleece a few teams when he was Flames GM but has Feaster ever fleeced a team in his GM career? Seems like he's come out even or the loser on most of his moves.
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This "fleecing" idea is to me a media creation. Every team has a motivation to make a trade. Sometimes the motivation isn't readily apparent and the media may call them "losers" in a trade. GM know their industry better than we do. They essentially work in a 30 person market and they can only receive what someone else is willing to pay for their goods. Sometimes the value is high...sometimes it isn't. They have to determine if they are willing to accept the return that the market is offering.
Sometimes GMs get lucky and the value for their players is really high or a player being offered really fits their needs. These I suppose are the "winners" of a trade but you can't "fleece" someone in the industry. GMs aren't stupid (except Milbury) and will only give up what they want to give up for the assets they will receive. It always takes two to tango in the trading market.