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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Yeah, that's like the only textbook rebuilding move BT has done. And I'm pretty sure he wanted to re-sign him but they couldn't get the dollars to work.
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How many rebuilding moves have other teams done? Not many... there are very few trades these days. Its a build through the draft type of league now. You don't get 2nd's for Dominic Moore anymore. We were lucky to get that return for Glencross.
If BT was really in a "win now" mode (which he has said many times he is not, he is still in a building phase) you would see some win-now moves.... and those moves did not happen. He signed a few stop-gaps at most, so our young players wouldn't get thrown into the fire like they did in Edmonton.
I think we can still get value for our UFAs, but I don't think their value would get grossly inflated after a good 1/3 of a year last year. Generally speaking, GM's aren't stupid and know that a lot of guys last year were riding a wave of hot streaks. Hudler, Wideman, Russell aren't "special pieces" ... and you could get Cody Franson for with no acquisition cost and less dollars then Russell (and similar dollars than Smid). Why would you give up anything for Russell if you could get Franson for free? And how many good UFA players only got PTO's. I think the market is grossly exaggerated and the only way we get anything for these guys is if they fill a particular need.