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Originally Posted by blankall
Quick question.
When in pro sports has a team in the hunt for a playoff spot ever sold off assets for the sole purpose of throwing in the towel and getting a few extra mediocre draft picks?
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Calgary Flames in 2015. But the "throwing in the towel" comment is rather inflammatory. Trading a player isn't throwing in the towel.
Contending teams will trade players for picks, they just don't wait until the deadline. Look at the Lightning this summer. Or look at how we got Dougie Hamilton.