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Originally Posted by Reign of Fire
[ https://twitter.com/NFLRT/status/101...904;6726953]It doesn't really matter what Fox or his agent said. Until he is signed, there is uncertainty and the value is diminished.
it also doesn't matter if Fox eventually does sign with Carolina, because the fact is at the time of the trade, he was NOT signed.
If you want to quantify the asset, you could argue that if Fox was signed, he might be a mid to late 1st rounder.
Unsigned and with uncertainty, maybe he's a 2nd rounder.
So you look at the trade as:
3 years of Hamilton
1 year of Ferland (or, at the trade deadline, a 2nd round pick?)
2nd round pick
for
multi years of Hanifin
multi years of Lindholm
So it's Hamilton and two seconds
for Hanifin and Lindholm.
Value wise, that seems pretty fair to me. |
So what you are saying is Carolina bought Fox at 10 cents on the dollar, that's how people get ahead in life. If Carolina signs Fox, that makes the trade completely one-sided. Treliving's reasoning for the trade was that Fox won't sign in Carolina. This is why you get them to add conditional pick.[/QUOTE]
How do you get 10 cents on a dollar from mid to late first to a second rounder?
Treliving got value for the Fox asset. The combined value of Ferland and Fox, two discounted assets make up for the certainty of the Lindholm asset.
Again it doesn't matter if Fox signs, Carolina is paying for the uncertainty and risk and they paid for it with a good asset in Lindholm, a longer term controlled asset with upside. Treliving didn't want the risk of Ferland and Fox and cashed out.
Your problem is you think the assets the Flames gave up are worth way more than the assets that Hurricanes gave up which is not the case.
You have hall of fame writers in Duhatschek and Morganti praising Treliving's trade. They also said other GM's were impressed with the trade on Treliving's side. Idiot hockey fans on HF are generally calling it a draw. It's a select few "Flames fans" who continually bash the trade.
You Treliving haters will never see it the way it is because you are blinded by your hate. And before you say i'm a Treliving supporter, know that I'm not a fan of the Peters hiring, and Treliving also traded my favourite player in Ferland in this deal, where is my bias?