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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I’ve never really understood this. If a bottom six player who is struggling to find a place on the team or find success feels like it might be time to move on, why is that somehow worse than if a guy like Tkachuk, or Monahan, or Andersson asks for a trade?
To me it seems like it should be the opposite. It’s also a different NHL than it was 20-30 years ago. Guys ask for trades or to “explore trades” all the time, and probably a lot more than we know about.
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It’s because you’re misunderstanding what OP meant. No one is mad Sam’s asking for a trade. Or at least the flames aren’t. But he has almost negative trade value.
It’s that what we get from him now on the team is without question more than what we’ll get in return from a trade.
See Michael Frolik returning a 4th round pick.