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Originally Posted by moon
I am not sure why this is a "trade of this magnitude." Seguin makes similar money to Cammalieri and Wideman who are both worse players and older so it isn't like the deal is that big of a deal. They aren't trading an Iginla level player that maybe an owner would want to be included on because of the importance to the brand and legacy etc.
If Feaster needs to run routine deals by ownership that is pretty bad in my view. If they are squashing deals for any reason outside of not wanting to spend money to buyout a guy, not wanting to add a 100 million dollar deal or wanting to keep an all-time Icon then there is a big issue.
If 28 teams are having ownership review trades on the Tyler Seguin level then there are 28 teams doing something wrong and I would expect it is the Bruins and Hawks that would be the two teams not doing it based on results this season.
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Because this isn't a routine deal. If we wanted Seguin, names like Baertschi and Monahan were going the other way. Plus more. If we were to make a deal, it would have dramatically altered the nature of the rebuild plan.
Plus, we don't know the context. We're talking about a Boston-based report with no collaboration. That writer doesn't know if there was a completed deal that ownership nixed, or if Feaster and co. were discussing options and formed a consensus that the cost of acquisition, plus cost of contract plus behavioural speculation made Seguin an undesirable target.