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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Granlund never looked like a star. Poirier never looked like a star. Kobasew looked like a star one preseason and that's about it. Ryder was always a long shot. Sorry if you got your hopes up over average prospects. Bennett may still turn into a valuable player. Baertschi I'll give you, he showed some flashes early on. Not sure what your point is bringing up these players.
Czarnik was a low risk, zero acquisition cost gamble. It didn't pay off but I still feel it was worth it. Same with Foo. The organization should always be looking for find guys for free. There's no problem with these types of signings, they did not set us back at all. It's a roll of the dice, just like a draft pick.
Who said we're attached to Dube and Mangiapane? They're not untouchable IMO. But neither are they premium assets. They are trending to be complimentary players. They could be useful to keep because they're currently quite cheap and if you wanna build a contender in the cap world its useful to have some useful pieces on cheap deals. I wouldn't be actively looking to move them because of that. Dube brings speed and skating that we lack up front and if he continues to develop he'll be useful because of that speed. Mangiapane is fearless and battles and we need more players who are willing to battle.
You wanna get bigger and stronger? Gaudreau is the guy to trade. I dunno your posts are a little all over the place. I agree we need to get bigger and stronger but EVERY team is looking for big, skilled, physical, fast players. The teams that have them aren't giving them away for nothing. If you wanna change the makeup of the team then you trade a core piece. If you wanna get bigger and stronger then you trade the weak/soft Gaudreau while he still has premium value. That's this summer.
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You know what FDW? It sounds like something Treliving would say. And I can't disagree with any of it because there is a lot truth there. But in the end what does that get me?
A crappy team that will be hopeless in April.
So whats the takeaway here? Maybe hoarding guys for potential or trying to find a flea market gem by going after all the young free agents isn't the right way to build a team? Need size? Put that as a priority #1.
As for Johnny. I feel like we would be surprised at the return we would get. Do playoff teams really want a guy like him? Maybe if he comes on the cheap.
And for the record. Somehow all other teams are finding ways to get these
bolded players. Why is that? Is it because we value puck skills more than size? I don't have the answer, but I am starting to wonder if that's what it is. Tre overlooking size for some useless puck skills.