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Originally Posted by Moneyhands23
I agree with this mostly. I just feel that we would be trading for next year not this year. We would be gutting the future and that could be OK or a disaster... I guess it depends on Eichel being great next year and getting johnny and Tkachuk signed. I think there are good and bad things with both approaches.
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That's fair.
Just want people to keep their perspectives in check when it comes to how they value players.
In my experience of watching trades over my lifetime, great proven pieces accomplish more for a team than multiple good and could be good pieces.
Seen it time and time again. Getting into the trap of valuing potential over proven entities ends up being foolish. We can't get too enamored with these guys. Years past, people were pwnciling shinkaruk and poirier in as second liners too and we were all wrong about them.
If we are looking at staying a good team, you acrue as many zaries and pelletiers as you can. If you want to legitimately contend, and deep runs matter more to you than sustaining your 90 point team status, you trade that volume of good for great.