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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well you have no idea whether O'Reilly would have gone on waivers, NHL never actually ruled on the difference between signing a RFA (O'Reilly) and a UFA (Nabokov).
He traded a guy coming off a 76 point season for a 2nd and a 4th, usually guys like that are worth at least a 1st.
He signed Mason Raymond who produced at about half the PPG rate as Roman Cervanka. Ditto for Brouwer.
He traded a 3rd round pick for Brandon Bollig
He traded a 35th overall pick for one season of Brian Elliott.
He traded a 2nd for Lazar.
He is good at trading Feaster assets (Russell and Hudler) for something as those players appreciated in value.
Over 4 years he has been unable to turn his assets (Raymond, Hillier, Brouwer,Lazar, Bollig) into tradeable assets in non-playoff years. Unfortunately BT is running out of Feaster acquired assets to trade.
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Hudler went on to score 57 points over two seasons afterwards and is out of the league.
What do you think treliving could have got? You can be assured if a team was offering a first treliving would have taken it. The reason the Flames didn't get a first is because no one was willing to give them a first.
Who was going to give you anything for Raymond, Hillier, or Bollig? Those are bit parts and every team, aside from the very best has more than a couple.
Give it a rest man. If you're going to be critical, think about it a little bit.
Lastly, the Flames won the Bollig trade, unless you think Matt Iocapelli is a better hockey player than Bollig.