BT's trades are interesting and I do see a pattern. He has had some good trades, no argument. And some brutal ones. What I see is a guy most comfortable trading away
-pending UFA's (early in his tenure). These were more auctions than trades, and he got good value
- draft picks
- players that don't want to be here (Hamilton, Neal, Fox, Baertschi) and who are "unreachable" (Ferland)
So players that aren't here, or are on their way out. Is he guilty of falling in love with his own players? He's rumored to have floated guys like Hanifin but it's difficult evaluating trades that haven't happened.
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