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Originally Posted by Itse
You know what's also fun? Draft picks, young players and player development.
If I was a BJ's fan, I would absolutely rather have a bubble team rich with draft picks than a bubble team with no draft picks.
Columbus has to pretty much make the conference finals for their deadline moves to be worth it, and even then if they end up losing Duchene and Dzingel for nothing (on top of Panarin and Bobrosky), that'll be just ugly.
They've also set themselves up to be desperate in the UFA contract negotiations, which isn't likely to help their situation.
As a Flames fans, I don't look forward to playoff rentals either. I'm much more into following how our draft picks turn into NHL players.
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No, that's not fun. That's responsible. That's like when you have that 'what would you do with money if you won the lottery' conversations with a buddy and he goes off on paying bills, and setting up GIC's and installing new windows. Sure, responsible and probably what you should do, but not fun.
I like the Bruins and the Flames and I would much prefer they take the measured approach to building a team - but that doesn't mean I don't live in the world of short attention spans where I get excited when the B's are rumoured for Mark Stone. If Columbus goes all in, see's some result because of it, then other teams mimic it - my trade deadline day next year will be that more exciting.