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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
He supposedly did make a play for Jason Zucker in 2019 that got quashed. That looks to be a case of the best deals you make are the ones you don't. But I think the scuttlebutt at the time was Frolik and a first going the other way. I would hope another pick coming back to the Flames too....
So it seems that they have looked to do this in the past, just that the players with term available in season often are not the Belles of the Ball so to speak.
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Yeah, though I think he has a general strategy about player trades. He obviously prefers younger targets for the splashier trades, and he definitely likes guys who are pending RFAs who he thinks are perhaps having some hard negotiations (Hamilton, Hanifin, Lindholm).
I think it’s pretty hard to get guys with term in season. It doesn’t happen that often. And it’s pretty hard to get a lot of good picks at draft day because teams and their fans are more attuned to using those picks.