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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I know I wouldn't take a trade involving say Klimchuk/Poirier + Granlund/Backlund + first for Ryan Johansen even if RJO was acting like a petulant child and was so toxic that he just needed to be moved.
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Oh boy, I'd happily make that trade. I know Johansen's history, but he's a player I'd easily give up that package for, especially in this new NHL landscape where you simply don't sign stars as free agents and are very lucky to draft them.
Backlund+Poirier + 1st for Ryan Johansen? In a heart beat, that's a very good trade. We can't expect to blow teams out of the water with every trade and that proposal isn't a homerun, but it's a trade you make in a second if it was available, imo.
I think other posters have nailed it - we can't get too attached to our own prospects/players when proclaiming them untouchable or thinking they have potential so therefore let's not trade them for actual NHL talent. Ryan Johansen is a star player.