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Originally Posted by Red
Why blank check? Do you go Ferrari shopping when all you can offer is your welfare checks? If he isn't willing to give, he is not going to get. If Tkachuk is the main piece then you have to look at that. Maybe you can upgrade? Monahan? Well, you know how I feel about him. Gone!!! Make the team better is the priority, not fleecing another GM.
And what does "beat it" mean? We don't know what Winnipegs first offer was. Things evolved to become that trade. But it didnt start there, of that you can be sure. That's when you make your play. But when Tre goes in with Bennett + Kylington (hypothetical) as main pieces then he is no longer in the conversation. Because it's not a serious offer.
When a guy asks so much, like Tre, maybe the GMs don't really listen to him anymore? They know he is only looking for bargain deals so why bother?
And this is my point, he had his eyes on some of the big name forwards but failed to close the deal. On all of them. Not one or two, every.single.one.
What does that tell you? Afraid to pull the trigger? Penny pincher?
And now we hear he is asking for the moon for Bennett. Again, overvaluing his players.
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Your point remains weak as you fail to truly look at each scenario.
Dubois- I doubt there was a single fan on here that would have traded Tkachuk for PLD prior to the deal. It was reported that was the ask. It was speculated by Friedman and Lebrun that Gaudreau or Monahan were offered but the Jackets wanted Tkachuk.
Stone- wasn’t going to sign here and they didn’t have the room to make the deal. We can discuss why they weren’t in a position to make that trade but the fact is had they moved Valimaki++ to get him it would have been a rental and the fans would lose it over giving up a piece like Vali for 20 games of a great player.
Kane was another rental trade with no guarantee he stays. In fact the Shakes overpaid on term and money to keep him. If the flames did the same you would just be complaining about the loss of assets and boat anchor contract on the team
Anderson it was reported that he was looking for either a 1 year deal straight to UFA or a 7 year deal. That was all his camp was willing to discuss. He scored 1 goal last season and was going to cost Monahan in a deal. I don’t blame him for not taking the risk there.
Toffoli was a cap issue just didn’t have the money to offer him.
Laine is a head case and would have cost Tkachuk at minimum. Not interested in that price.
Again you are trying to make a point without any critical though whatsoever. Just stating a fact but not looking at the supporting information. That crap works on Facebook but be prepared to get challenged on it here.