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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
I hate the message it sends the guys who have been busting their ass for 50 plus games that management would rather give up for a pick that could turn into trash than try and continue to fight what you have been fighting for all season.
I get the other side and know what people would respond to this. I just don't like or agree with it. To me, selling 2-3 veterans who can certainly add more than their replacements is management giving up and hoping for the best and I hate that mentality. Play to win in the moment and deal with your assets in the offseason.
Probably why I'd make a horrible GM.
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Yep those picks we got for Glencross sure turned into trash (part of Dougie Hamilton) and man giving up on the season really cost us there as we got to the 2nd round without him.
UFA status is a reality that Treliving deals with. He can lose players for nothing, sign them or he can trade them. 2nd and 3rd round picks are far from trash. He can use them to pick excellent prospects or he could trade them for established NHLers. They are a valuable commodity, the exact opposite of trash in fact. Assuming they are trash is a slap to the face of our scouts who have shown themselves to be quite solid in the past 5 drafts IMO.
Losing all our UFAs for nothing and still missing the playoffs = more trash than trading them for picks.
I doubt most would advocate trading away all our UFAs if we're still in the playoff race but its starting to look like we'll fall out and some of the guys we're talking about trading we're not going to be significantly worse off without. And dealing guys near the end of the season allows us to audition young players for the season after which can be very useful in the long term development of said players and the continuing progression of the team. Right now we've got 7 guys who can play top 6 defense in the NHL and a guy in the minors who can probably play top 6-7 right now as well. So Treliving can certainly deal a defenseman and not really miss him.