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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well they traded him a year before he became a UFA. Trading an RFA is very similar to trading a guy who is under contract (the team controls his rights more or less). Fiala fits the mode of trading a key piece before it walks.
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It really depends on what you know about the player. If Tkachuk was on the block now, as a GM I'd be pretty wary of the return I offered, knowing Tkachuk's past negotiations and the way his dad operated. I'd be trading for a negotiation headache.