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Originally Posted by squiggs96
Just because it's the best deal at that time, doesn't mean it's a deal you should take.
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There wasn't a later deal to be had. If you can wait and get a better deal then by all means do it but Burke couldn't do it.
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Originally Posted by squiggs96
Once again, if people know they can lowball you all the time, and you'll end up taking anything, that's what they are going to do.
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Where does this "lowball" idea come from? Prices were low that deadline... it's more reasonable to think that Burke wasn't getting lowballed and that he was instead getting offered current market rate and Burke misread the market. Are you saying the Flames should never make a market rate deal? Burke played chicken with the field and Burke lost.
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
If the Flames have a reputation for taking whatever they can get at the deadline, do you think that we'll ever get fair market value on a trade, or 'win' many trades?
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Counter-point: If the Flames have a reputation for demanding exobanent returns do you think we'll be first on many GM's call list? How many deals might that reputation cost?
And really... Brian Burke has been an executive in the League for 20ish Years. If after 20 years he is still receiving "lowball" offers refusing to trade Cammy isn't going to do anything to his or the organization he runs reputation. If this reputation argument had any real merit Burke wouldn't have received any lowball offers to begin with.
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
If our next trades are stronger because of this, I'll take the temporary hit, for long term strength in negotiation.
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Our next trade was a 3rd for Bollig... do you legitimately think that the Flames would have had to fork out
more for Bollig had Burke traded Cammy?