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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
My thoughts:
If we can nab a first round pick or a legitimate NHL ready and high quality prospect, then we trade him.
If we cannot and we are in shouting distance of a playoff spot, I keep him. Letting our young guys play high pressure, high stakes games down the stretch is valuable and Glencross increases our chances of winning. If we can squeak into the playoffs, the experience is much more beneficial than a 2nd round pick.
If we are not in shouting distance of a playoff spot, we trade him for the best offer, including a potential sign and trade where we sign and pay a signing bonus or something like that to increase his trade value by using our cap space.
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Exactly where I sit.
I don't think good management teams have a set plan that they can't veer away from if the situation changes.
So get a group of statements together and let them guide you;
Do we see Glencross in the long term plans? No
Is Glencross helping us on the ice right now? Yes
Can we win without him this year? Probably
Then at the deadline if you get your doors blown off with an offer you do it. But don't go with a take the best offer at any costs mentality or you're being silly. But it's equally silly to go in with a "we won't trade him no matter what you offer" mentality.
The rest of this argument is just guys pitched firmly at one end of the spectrum and refusing to budge.
Deal him at all costs is a poor idea, but assuming dealing Glencross means you're the Oilers is equally as silly.
I'm not a Glencross fan, but he's played well this year. I don't see him as the omniscient oracle of the dressing room though. The Flames have Giordano, Hudler, Stajan, Backlund, Smid, etc for that.