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Originally Posted by Buff
Well that was fast.
Players get traded away. That happens. Often you can follow the trade line and see where it dies. Sometimes it lasts a long time and sometimes it ends quickly.
Not even two full seasons after Eberle was traded the return they got for him is essentially gone. They quickly dwindled the return down to a player who is currently on waivers and will very likely not give them anything in return.
Look at an example on the opposite end of the spectrum. One that is close to home.
Kent Nilsson. He was traded for a 2nd round pick that became Joe Nieuwendyk. We got 8 solid years out of Nieuwy. He was traded for Jarome Iginla and he did okay for us for a bit longer. Okay, Iggy was great for 16 years! The return we got for Iginla has essentially ended this chain (we still have Andrew Nielsen but like he's going to do anything or get us anything). We got over two decades of good performers after trading Nilsson.
1.5 years or 28-ish years? Yikes!
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Don't forget that there were two second rounders in the Nilsson trade. The other produced 1 season of Stephan Matteau and 5 seasons of Trent Yawney.