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Originally Posted by Psytic
This is why we need to be targeting prospects that can join the group sooner than later not picks. I hope hes going to turn around and flip these picks into warm bodies. I will save my rant for after the deadline he still might have more in the works to change my outlook on this one.
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Now isn't the time to be making those deals though as playoff teams are relying on having those soon-to-be-ready prospects for their playoff drive.
If you're the Calgary flames, you don't want to trade Steve Montador or Mike Commodore at the deadline in 2004, but you're open to dealing them after the playoffs.
Getting picks is the ideal scenario at the deadline in my mind. Picks are worth less to sellers at the deadline than they are for buyers at the Draft and a savvy GM can capitalize on changing currencies between prospects and picks if he does it at the right time.