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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
I do not for the life of me understand why so many people want Glencross gone. I haven't heard of any off ice issues. He seems to be very well liked in the dressing room. He loves playing in Alberta. He took a steep hometown discount to play here. He puts up 40 points every year. He hits. He can play up and down the lineup.
If we trade him this year, who picks up his production?
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You trade him because he's one of the last UFA's who actually nets you a positive return in terms of futures whether that be a prospect or a pick or both. The whole point of being a good GM is knowing when a players time is up and not letting them walk away for free. We failed with Cammy last year sitting on him too long and not making something work to get something for him (anything is better than a nothing). A second rd and 3rd rd pick for example. You make the move now because despite the fact this team is in the playoff race they're still in 2nd year of a rebuild with a CF% of 46. Meaning there's still an 8% gap between the chances we create and the chances our opposition create on a nightly basis and that ultimately isn't sustainable over the long term. While it's great and sweet and nice to think this cinderella Flames story is going to end in the princess getting her prince. Reality usually dictates in situations like this that it doesn't happen. Toronto, Colorado most recent examples of low CF% teams falling back to the mean because their management mismanaged their expectations. The last thing we want to do is go out and keep Glencross, then lose him in the summer for free while picking up a Chris Stewart who yes both players will help us in a push to get past the first round of the playoffs. But neither are going to help us when we regress to the mean next year and if you don't think it will happen to us because we're not Toronto then you're the kind of person who think only living in kennels is what makes a dog different from a cat.