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Originally Posted by ComixZone

I don’t agree with that. Tree knows Kadri has an NTC. He negotiated a deal knowing it was there, and assumed Kadri would waive. It’s a worthwhile shot, but it’s not like Tree was surprised by the fact Kadri had an NTC. His mistake to assume he’d waive.

So, don't ever make trades for players with NTCs? How is Treliving supposed to know one way or the other what Kadri's feelings are about waiving his trade clause? Unless he has some sort of control over the player's feelings, then I don't accept any criticism of Treliving for the failure of this deal. He did very well with all the elements of it that he could control, which is as much as can or should be required of anyone.

Players getting injured is entirely random...

Is it any more-or-less random than knowing the decisions of individual players with regards to their NTCs before hand? Injuries and trade clauses are completely outside of the control of the player in the first place, and the receiving GM in the second. Perfectly analogous.

GM’s have to execute the same way players have to execute. The effort is good, and needed. Just like the players who didn’t short change us on effort these playoffs, but rather just failed to execute.

In a sense I agree, but credit must also extend to the factors outside of the control groups. For the players, I think we are all now somewhat surprised at the level at which Dallas is presently performing. The Flames had no control over how good a team Dallas would be. Much the same for the GM: he had no control over whether or not Kadri would sign off on this deal. Treliving has made mistakes, but this absolutely is not one of them.