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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
This would be true for calling any trade a win, as well.
The organization sure gave up a lot of assets in that one trade, it is hard to debate that. To date, it has yet to pay off in the win column.
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No question. Treliving paid a premium.
But evaluating the value of those picks must also factor in their payout: Players selected with a first and second round pick in this or next year's draft does not help the team now or in the next three or four years.
Alternatively, it has been suggested that those pieces would have been put to better use in a trade for a scoring forward, but that is the same as robbing Peter to pay Paul—a hole on the blue line would take the place of the present hole up front.
I am most interested to see how Treliving addresses the needs of this team in the summer and how that plays out next season; then I think we will know better about whether or not the Hamonic trade was a success.