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Originally Posted by #-3
Mostly I think Jones for a 6th is a pretty underwhelming return, and after you were able to add a couple of prospects and a couple of high draft picks, there wasn't a big need to chase underwhelming returns. If teams are not going to pay for playoff depths sellers should not hand it to them. Think about it this way Jones for a 6th - Backstrom, it's worse than the return for Tim Jackman.
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The valuation of Jones is probably where we disagree; I had Jones pegged at a 5th coming back, if even tradable. He's got a large salary for what he would have provided even at 50% salary retention (2 million at that point)...especially at a time when buying teams are typically looking at cap friendly players to bolster their team.
I would be disappointed with this had I thought Jones held more value.