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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
Andrew Shaw, a FIFTH round pick, without even a current contract, returns TWO 2nd round picks? I'll take it.
Honestly...loved the guy's effort, loved the guy's guts, loved the guy's agitator skills, but, $4.5M/yr, rumored to be what his agent wanted, was really too much to pay for a guy that SHOULD have slotted as a 3rd liner. Playing with Toews/Hossa was just a stop-gap measure to cover a weakness at #1 LW...
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He's not "a 5th round pick". He's a past 5th round pick who is a 15-20 goal scoring, agitating, energizing, hard to play against, 2-time Stanley Cup Champion.
After a player proves himself in the league, his draft position should be irrelevant.
Eg. Johnny Gaudreau vs. Nail Yakupov. Since Johnny's just a "4th round pick" we should jump at the chance to get 2 2nds for him, but since Nail is a "1st overall" 2 2nds is nowhere near enough, right?
No. If the first trade happened, Treliving would be fired, while if the second happened, Chiarelli would be lauded.