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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I'm curious to know how you would have handled this situation differently, and why your way would have been a better approach. The Flames yielded a second round pick from a division rival for a AHL/NHL tweener. That is pretty fantastic value by my reckoning.
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It was definitely good value recovery for a player who wouldn't sign, but what were Sven's options if he wasn't traded? The Flames would have matched an offer sheet (probably) and while he is European, I don't think he was a flight risk like some other players (Nuke, Jaskin, etc).
But there was no actual need to trade him. Yzerman didn't trade Drouin and that has worked out fine. Chia didn't trade Yak (then he did, and still got a conditional 2nd).
That being said, if they actually traded him because they gave up on him, then it was a good move (but a bad decision, since he obviously is a player).