I am late to this whole thing, and am also pretty luke-warm on this trade—I don't love it; I think I understand it; I sure hope as hell it works out okay, but there is a risk.
Beyond all that, I wanted to focus on this...
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Originally Posted by CanadaMatt
Genuine question, not trying to be a smart-arse. When was the last time the Flames made a move that you immediately (not in hindsight) thought was a bad move (or mistake)?
Perhaps it’s been recently, I genuinely have no idea.
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Why is
immediacy of the response so important, here? Why does this matter at all? I don't know about anyone else, but over the years I have become much less enamoured and confident in my own
immediate responses/reactions. This are usually purely driven by emotion, and do not benefit from careful thought and consideration. If anything, I have come to be practically completely dismissive of my own "gut" reactions, as well as those of others for precisely these reasons.
Just within the past year:
· I was sceptical about the Bill Peters hire when it was announced.
· I thought the Hamilton/Ferland/Lindholm/Hanifin trade was bad and had the potential to be a disaster.
· I loved the James Neal signing.
That's all without the benefit of hindsight, and I find that with the time to think things through, process, and evaluate my own developed opinions become more trustworthy than my "immediately (not in hindsight)" responses, which are almost always useless.
My immediate response to this trade is that I hate it. Some of the post-trade evaluation has given me pause to think that first response was reactionary, and I look forward to once again being quite wrong about it.