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Originally Posted by bax
I haven’t gone back at looked at prospecting reports from their first season, but I would have to assume Theodore, Fleury, Marchessault, and Karlsson all played at a start level that season.
I just don’t see your argument here. The key to build up a team is to get a bunch of great depth players so that stars will want to sign eventually?
Obviously you have to be a good team to draw talent. To use your terminology I just think it’s very dense to trade legitimate star players that we have for depth in the hope that the depth will draw in different star players
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Any team could have had Fleury for the same deal Vegas got, for free along with a 2nd pick. Only Vegas took them up on that offer. Fleury wasn’t looking that good at that time.
Karlsson was a third liner who blossomed with increased ice time.
Marchessault was considered a pretty good player but due a big raise which Florida was reluctant to pay. Reilly Smith looked more like a cap dump to most. Theodore was a good prospect for sure.
These players were not universally though of star players. Vegas did a spectacular job of identifying players who they thought could be modded into a cohesive team and, if given the opportunity,could improve.
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