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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
He can target whoever he wants, but only a select number of legit top 6 forwards get traded. If you target players that nobody wants to move then you're going to have to overpay to get them, which presents another problem.
Which top six forwards, especially top 6 C's, have been dealt since the Kadri trade that Treliving should have targeted? He can't just decide which players he wants and then magically they become available.
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Better to overpay for an asset that is attainable than one that you have no chance of getting.
You can argue that treliving put too much emphasis on d (and g) at the detriment of the F.
We have given up so many picks to fortify our D and G but not so much to improve the F ranks. With a finite amount of picks, you can’t throw your eggs all in one basket and go all in on d. Spent 2 first rounders and 4 second rounders on Hamilton and Hamonic. That’s a lot of assets, not to mention the high picks that he spent on Elliott and Smith, as well as drafting McDonald and Parsons with disappointing results.
Small wonder we have a problem at F. Yes, we was able to redeem himself with Hanifin and Lindholm but point remains we overloaded our D at the expense of F, not to mention the lost opportunity to draft F with high picks due to trading them away for D and drafting g with those high picks.
As for top 6 f that get traded since kadri, yes, limited trades since then but there are factors such as the cap which have ground trades to a halt. We should be looking at players that are stuck on organizations (bracco for one but there are others) which could come in and slot in. Much more attainable than a player that has a ntc with Calgary on their list.