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Originally Posted by GioforPM
San Jose actually traded a second round for Kane, but it turned into a first rounder because he re-signed.
Nashville traded a first rounder+ for Hartman and like you say, won but one round. I'm a bit baffled by that trade. Hartman is OK I guess, but not some sort of stud player.
Bruins traded a buttload of assets but mostly a first rounder for Nash who proceeded to not do much.
On the other hand Winnipeg got into the WCF but lost to Vegas in return for getting Stastny and giving up a first+. And Vegas went to the SCF after trading a first and getting Tatar. BUt Tatar wasn't a rental.
Lightning made a big splash trading picks etc, for McDonough and Miller. But neither ended up being a rental - McDonagh had another year and both ended up getting re-signed.
I think you could argue that all of those teams are pretty much as good without the players, and might have easily done just as well last POs.
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Uh. What?
This defies belief. McDonough is playing 22-25 minutes a night for Tampa, the best team in the league by far.
Rick Nash scored 2 game winning goals last year in the playoffs.
Statsny was the 4th highest scorer for his conference final team.
Hartman, sure, but Nashville was desperate for offense after not being able to score enough then year prior and Hartman was 22/23 19 goal scorer.
If.sam Bennett scored 19 goals last year and was on pace for more points this year, what would you be asking for in a trade?
Bad trades happen at the deadline, but none of them are in the examples you're listing here, and they definitely are not cautionary tale of things the flames should avoid.
Saying a 1st for McDonough didnt move the needle for Tampa is like saying a 1st for hamonic doesnt move the needle for Calgary. Just baffling.