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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
Your post (and those like it) are FAR below Par...
... firstly, it's just speculation ...for the most part, no one is disrespecting Gio...
...secondly, your assessment assumes there's no return ... leaves a hole on D??? ...uh, who says there isn't a D coming back in the deal???
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The return on that trade could be anything. It could even be a defenceman as good as Giordano, you know how much we want one of those!
The thing people need to remember is that as much as the NHL is a business, and contracts/players can, and do get moved, it is also not a video game. Actions taken have real-life consequences. NHL players are people who, just like us all, have emotional reactions to the world around them. Moving a team captain after 1 year of his big deal may leave players across the league looking negatively at this organization.
When the time comes to bid on a free agent, or re-up a key piece, that comes back to bite you.
Am I wrong to suggest that trading the team captain, one year into a large deal, when most people acknowledge that the team needs to reinforce, not weaken the defence, is a ludicrous suggestion?