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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Well there were rumours that he turned down Hamonic and a 1st. That's not spare parts.
There's a few major problems with your deduction and conclusion. The major flaw in your reasoning is you assume Sakic will take any offer that isn't spare parts. That's a very, very flawed assumption. Which then leads you to take a very questionable deductive leap into assuming any reports of teams having offers on the table must be false since Sakic hasn't traded Duchene. Overall some poor logic on your part IMO.
This is an important trade for Sakic. He already fubar'd the O'Reilly trade and therefore cannot make the same mistake with Duchene. He's not going to accept just any offer. They obviously value Duchene highly and are probably looking for a young established NHL dman or forward + picks/prospects. Just because Duchene demands a trade doesn't mean Sakic has to take any offers he gets. Sakic is doing the right thing by waiting until they get an offer they deem acceptable. It seems like he might have learnt from his O'Reilly mistake.
People praise Yzerman for not trading Drouin immediately when he demanded a trade. Sakic is just doing the same thing but people like to pile on him for whatever reason.
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IMO, this is a very logical and well thought out post.
Even if you don't agree with all of it, it would give you pause to consider another view point.
Although I do agree with it.