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FlamesAddiction · 07-19-2021, 11:01 AM

Anything more than a 2nd rounder and an average prospect is too much to protect Gio. They could have easily kept Bennett to use as expansion fodder to shield Seattle from selecting Gio, but instead acquired a 2nd rounder and Heineman. Seattle would have surely picked Bennett is he was available, I am sure of it.

So if it costs more than that to keep Gio, or if he gets taken and Seattle manages to get more than that back in a trade, Treliving will need to answer for that asset management decision.

I don't think Treliving is dumb, so I am inclined to believe he weighed this options and concluded that Gio's value in a trade at the deadline or the protection cost demanded by Seattle would be less than the value he got for Bennett.

07-19-2021, 11:01 AM	#288
FlamesAddiction Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Vancouver Exp:	Anything more than a 2nd rounder and an average prospect is too much to protect Gio. They could have easily kept Bennett to use as expansion fodder to shield Seattle from selecting Gio, but instead acquired a 2nd rounder and Heineman. Seattle would have surely picked Bennett is he was available, I am sure of it. So if it costs more than that to keep Gio, or if he gets taken and Seattle manages to get more than that back in a trade, Treliving will need to answer for that asset management decision. I don't think Treliving is dumb, so I am inclined to believe he weighed this options and concluded that Gio's value in a trade at the deadline or the protection cost demanded by Seattle would be less than the value he got for Bennett. __________________ "A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can." Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 07-19-2021 at 11:08 AM.