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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
At the deadline Hamonic was injured and then had a low dollar contract as a UFA in the following off-season. I don't understand why many Flames universally seem to think that he was ineffective while also thinking there was a missed opportunity to recoup value (again particularly since he was injured)
Brodie is a different situation. One could argue they should have traded him but they were in the playoffs and that wasn't going to happen.
This team has been terrible managing it's asset base overall - trading players too late or not at all and not getting enough value out of them. But it also comes down to the strategy central to it all - to compete.
Teams lose good players. They key is having a pipeline coming along to replace them. And then using the cap space gained effectively.
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Teams don't deal players that are hurt (as you said) nor do they move players when they are on a bubble.
Brodie wouldn't be moved at the deadline prior to the Edmonton bubble because the team was too close to the line. That just doesn't happen.
Plus they signed Tanev, and wouldn't have done that if they extended Brodie.
But yeah it's all about the pipeline. If you have cheaper options coming you let players go if you're in contention, and move them if you're not. Either way you need that next wave.