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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
Because no deadline deals are "successful" unless you win a cup. It's a pretty pointless exercise.
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That isn't true at all, there is lots of potential for deadline deals to work out for one or both teams.
The reason they don't work out for the flames is because the flames make short term decisions with long term assets most of the time in years where they aren't warranted.
The Bruins grabbed a budget player with an extra year on his deal for a cap dump and a 1st.
Vegas acquired a defensemen with an extra year for a couple of 2nds
Tampa acquired two budget forwards with years left.
The penguins landed zucker who had multiple years left.
These deals will continue to benefit these teams going forward, and that's just a sampling from this year alone.