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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Clearly the process was losing both of them for nothing and recouping no assets for either of them. We have to trust the process. What would you rather have, a GM who is reactionary and makes moves based on the standings and the likelihood of his team contending for the Stanley Cup? What will the players think if he just gives up on a 10th place team? Fans need to think these things through, thankfully there is a management team trying to build a winner for the next 5-10 years and is not just focused on the next 20 games. Do you think that Tkachuk will just forget what happened at this trade deadline in 40 months when he is a UFA? Fat chance, a trade for the future now will literally destroy this franchise. I am old enough to remember when the Bruins blew up their team in 2015 and missed the playoffs in 2016. Their veterans never forgave the franchise for what Sweeney did.
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was it though?
from all accounts Brodie was a Kadri 'ok' from being traded. Treliving has been trying to make the team better, and that includes exploring trading players like Brodie.
As UFAs, it makes sense to consider them as "own rentals", but only if your team is actually in the playoffs... the way this has been treading, that is hardly a certainty.
One caveat however; the Flames could keep both, in hopes of making the playoffs, but still trade them to get some assets prior to July 1st... the risk is that teams could try to lowball offers knowing that the window that calgary has is short and the urgency of overpaying in order to make a playoff run is no longer part of the calculus