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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Kuemper was available for free. Free. Summer of 2017. The same year we sent draft picks for mike smith.
What are our pro scouts doing? Getting something for free beats giving up assets, especially if an asset has upside and not on a downward trajectory, which smith was at the time of acquisition.
If there is a deal for Kuemper, better be expansion bait headed the other way and not picks and prospects. Organization continues to get it wrong on goalies, and may be treliving’s downfall
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While true, a bunch of other teams didn't grab him either, nor try to trade for him for AHL pieces a year later. It sucks but it doesn't mean you don't pay to get him now if it makes sense.
Guaranteed there will be a dozen guys regretfully walked away from, traded, and of course signed to too large a contract this offseason, by all teams across the league. Same as every year.