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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I am taking out Glencross, Hudler and Russell on that list as I classify an auction of a UFA differently. Understand if others see that differently. And I'm happy with how he has done there.
I wouldn't call the Baertschi deal an impact trade, or if I did, probably call it a push.
So of the remaining six deals, I'd go:
Hamilton - check
Elliott - x
Stone - push
Lazar - x
Smith - push
Hamonic - x
Smith was a logical acquisition, but he paid more than he should have IMO. It's disappointing to me that BT was using up assets to have other teams absorb salary in deals. The Flames should not be in such a position at this point IMO.
You could convince me that Elliott was a push, but in the big picture have given up too many picks in the quest for a goalie.
Hamonic was just a flat out overpayment IMO.
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Why would you exclude that? They are still trades, and the GM has to maximize return.
Feaster trades Iginla, Bouwmeester and Regehr and they were all simple auctions of UFAs as well. But Feaster didn't get enough return on any of them. He was a lousy trader.
Treliving has done a substantially better job of garnering assets from outgoing players. And to me, this is a vital part of trading for GMs.