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Originally Posted by AcGold
I think it comes down to future production and value. If we had one guy that was even on the 2nd line that could occassionally play top line minutes for more than a decade it may be worth trading for a guy that will be past his prime in a few years at best. Worth the gamble I think purely in terms of future minutes played as we are going to have an elite d-man for a few years on a team no where near winning a championship.
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We may not be winning the cup this year, but I think this team is going to surprise a LOT of people. Trading Gio unless the return is huge sounds to me like Oiler Plan 1.
You still have to Field a team.
You still need Leadership.
Still have to reach the cap floor, not to mention your pretty much throwing the coaching staff under the bus giving them a team that has little to no real experience, or go to guys.
Also were not talking about a top ten that has the scouts drooling, were talking about projects in the 2-5 year range. Backlund is just getting rolling and I don't see fans being all that impressed if they think that his development is out of the ordinary.