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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Would almost be interesting to see a re-run on the votes after all the trades (and especially for me, the non-trades) went down.
I did expect more for Hudler - and I still think that once he gets a bit comfortable in Florida, he will be looked upon as such as I think he will produce nicely.
However, the trades were really up and down. It seems that a few teams who went after a certain player perhaps paid a premium (Ladd), while others got a bit of a bargain as the player they targeted didn't attract as many bidders. Market seemed really flat.
With that in mind, I was underwhelmed a bit with the trade itself, but taking in the market, I think Treliving did well on the trade. Hudler was obviously not going to attract any more attention this deadline, and perhaps the value would have gone down if anything.
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Yeah, I was kind of hoping for a thread to vote on and assess the deadline in the aggregate.
Like you, I wasn't thrilled with the Hudler return, but Treliving said he thought the market for forwards would weaken and he turned out to be absolutely dead on. You have to give him credit for that, and in hindsight, it improves the look of the trade.
Then add on the Russell homerun, and IMO, Treliving at least gets an A, and I think he wins the deadline from the sell side (with Chicago winning the buy side and overall).