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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah that's going to be tough to swallow for the Oilers as I imagine the GM would gladly take the trade to move on in a hockey move but there's more to it than that as the optics of a wasted 1st overall will linger. That said the Flames in a somewhat similar situation moved on from Baertschi for the same return and it's worked out for both parties to date.
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I call it the Marc Savard effect. When you don't cut bait and take a less than flattering return for a young player you think you can turn around....you end up getting even less later on.
Treliving played it right with Baertschi. Take the best deal and go forward not worrying about what you gave up. Edmonton will keep looking back trying to fix the past and forget to fix what they can control.