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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
...That's all polak is saying: You probably won't get a player better than Lazar with a 2nd round pick, but you might get a much better player. It's not the straightforward valuation that some are claiming.
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Okay, that is fair. I will only respond by saying that the acquisition cost and the assumed risk in this case are very small, and what I take issue with is the perception that this trade is a detrimental overpayment for the Flames.
If this is indeed polak's argument it is reasonable, but the weight of it is getting lost in what many posters are interpreting from his terseness and his reputation.