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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yeah, just look at how many trades other GMs have made this season…
I know we all love trades and trade talk. But it has to sink in at some point that trades are barely a thing anymore in the NHL outside of the flurry of activity around the draft and free agency windows.
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True but it's undeniable Treliving trails his peers when it comes to making impact trades. What are we looking at after 8 years here.. the two Hamilton trades and? Hamonic? Ugh... just a sea of mid tier lateral moves while giving decent picks away. Maybe he's learned? Hopefully.
The farm seems to have some peices, gotta give him that. Maybe the need to pull the trigger on an impact guy has lessened? I really hope he doesn't pull his yearly "look at me I can make a trade' trades and brings in depth for picks. Enough of that. It's time to see what some of these kids can do. If he does do something I'd actually be in favor of moving out a Monahan or a dube, maybe off season, and getting Pelletier and/or zary... or even corranato in there. Calgarys farm finally looks really good after years of meh. It's coming together. Time actually run with some of these guys... maybe not quite yet... but soon
There's even some decent middle 6 fwd and d options... potential peices that are worth a look.i still think highly of valimaki... maybe not a true top 2, but I think he will be the guy on pair two for years... maybe with Mackey? That kind of thing would allow them to move hanifin or andersson. Like those guys for sure but I bet in 1-2 years there isn't a ton of separation there. It would allow them to get cheaper while augmenting another area or getting more picks. The stuff good teams do basically