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Originally Posted by New Era
Wow, that’s some major major spin doctoring!
Is this team much different than we were 24 hours ago as far as needs to? Nope. In the exact same spot, and arguably a worse spot for scoring. Did Treliving address the biggest need on this team, which he identified over a year ago? Nope. And he used up the best assets available to him to make a deal that has essentially shuffled deck chairs. We are still looking like a team missing a proven scorer on the wing, but the best assets to use to attract that player are gone.
Spin it anyway you like, but this team is still in the exact same situation as they were a year ago. They are going to struggle to score goals and now likely don’t have the assets to acquire the needed player without poking a whole elsewhere.
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I believe that Lindholm will outperform Ferland in the #1 RW situation. I think Hanifin is a minor downgrade on Dougie but will eventually become the better all around player. Like I said, if you are tabulating goals from previous seasons, adding them up in a spreadsheet, and seeing if those numbers are green or red, I grant you, this trade is a loss. Let's see how these 2 recent top 5 picks do before we call for Treliving's head. It may turn out that your analysis is incomplete.