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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Conditional 3rd-round pick (7th if the Flames don't re-sign Reimer))
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You don't get it. You don't throw away assets for nothing. Why in hell would the Flames trade away assets for a player they could very easily grab for free come July 1st? What mission does grabbing Reimer now achieve? Winning games is not the mission right now. Building for the future is. Do you believe that Reimer is such a good asset that the Flames should be paying a premium to have access to him prior to the free agency period? Because that is what the trade you are proposing is about. The Flames would be paying a premium to have access to the player and get him penned to a contract prior to becoming a free agent. Do you believe that Reimer is worth a 3rd round pick, a pick probably in 70's?
What make this proposal even more ridiculous is the inclusion of the 7th if the Flames don't sign him. That is an asset thrown away. Do you honestly believe that a 7th round pick has no value? Do players like Lundqvist, Zetterberg, Rinne, Pavelski, Byguglien, Vrbata, Halak, Elliott, Moulson, Steit, or Palat seem like throw aways? They were all 7th round picks. Picks have value if you have good scouts. It is dumb to throw away a pick for something that does not achieve the objective of improving the team. Giving away a pick for the honor of having Reimer on the Flames down the stretch is not good business.
My problem with your post is that it was not well thought out. It did not consider the objectives of the hockey club. It did not take into consideration the strength or weakness of the free agency market. It didn't take into consideration any potential value of picks. You also changed your tune from the Leafs getting nothing if Reimer doesn't sign, to inclusion of a 7th round pick, which makes the deal worse. Then your insistence that the 7th round pick holds little value is comical. The whole thing is just so HFOil. There is no long term thinking behind it. That is why the proposal deserves to get ripped. We give up something that has value for a player that has very little at the moment. We could get this player for nothing come the summer. The only reason you give up assets to get this guy is if you believe he is part of the long term solution. So do you? Is Reimer part of the long term solution? If he isn't, you wait until the summer and try and get him for free on a short term contract. If you don't get him, you move on. There are other guys that are as good or better available come July 1st with no acquisition cost.