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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Yes, there is something to be said about not moving bennett when his value is low.
There is something else to be said about moving him before his value is non-existent.
There is also the time cost of holding onto him waiting for him to be productive while the rest of the team around him struggles to score goals. If they want to salvage the season they are probably going to have to move Bennett by christmas for some offensive help.
When you consider the flames don't have a draft pick this year until the 60s or 70s, that's not a great year to miss the playoffs. That would be a perfect storm of suck for this franchise.
You can't hold up an entire franchise waiting for a guy to produce.
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This is all true, but the problem is that it's very hard for fans to discern his trade value. For any underperforming player, there is a tipping point where the return in a trade simply isn't worth as much as the possible upside, even if that upside is on the decline.
I still get the feeling the Flames struggle with accurately valuing and projecting their own players. Take away the pending UFA's that were auctioned off and you see some misses in player evaluations. Byron was undervalued, and the returns on Baertschi and Granlund seem low for what they became. Meanwhile the team was afraid to put Ortio through waivers two years ago. Now to be fair, seems like they knew what they had (or didn't have) in guys like Colborne, Knight and Sieloff.
It would be nice to see Treliving win a trade where he moves a guy off the roster.