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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Poorly worded on my part. And I hate the term fleecing.
I look at Treliving's trade record and i see a guy who got full value for auctioning off pending UFA's. Solid A there.
Prior to the Hurricanes trade though, I don't think he did great in trading for assets to play on the current club, often undervaluing draft picks and/or over valuing players he had been targeting IMO.
But as I said, the Hurricanes trade was complex and great for the Flames on multiple levels. He deserves credit for it. Still wouldn't call it a fleecing much less say he is somehow building a reputation for fleecing people.
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If we extrapolate a few deals:
Out:
Curtis Glencross
Michael Ferland
Adam Fox
1st Round Draft Pick (Zach Senyshyn; though Barzal, Connor and Chabot were the next picks)
1st Round Draft Pick (Noah Dobson)
2nd Round Draft Pick (Jackob Forsbacka-Karlsson)
2nd Round Draft Pick (Ruslan Ishakov)
2nd Round Draft Pick (2019)
3rd Round Draft Pick (Adin Hill)
In:
Noah Hanifin
Elias Lindholm
Travis Hamonic
2nd Round Draft Pick (Oliver Kylington)
4th Round Draft Pick (2019)
So he's not a guy afraid to trade picks for sure things, that's for sure.
Would I equate this to a history of 'fleecings'? I don't think so. But it does show that he's been using assets to improve the team and not just take chances. Each deal has improved the team, and it's not like the future is being mortgaged either. Hanifin and Lindholm could be playing in the league as long as any of the players chosen with the picks we gave up.