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Originally Posted by Leondros
I believe it was a genuine question about why people wouldn't be happy about the trade. I for one have been talking to buddies for the past 2 days about this and have not heard one negative.
I am very curious to hear people's views on why this trade may look poor in some people's views - that's why I come to this board, to get insight and to read some people's opinions on the team that I love.
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I could see some people saying that making this trade is a shortcut which we shouldn't be taking in a rebuild that won't come together for another few years.
For me it's just about making the team better when you have that chance. When I first heard about the deal, I was thinking we'd need to give up one of our future core players such as Johnny or Bennett. That didn't happen, it just cost us a few draft picks which are overvalued at this time of year. One other thing is we are pretty stacked at young forwards so picking another (it was mentioned that picking a defencemen at that time would be a reach as it wouldn't be best player available) with our first didn't seem to be good management. So what Treliving did was basically trade a forward + for a defenceman.