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Originally Posted by Flaming Horse
What gets me is when you lose guys for nothing because you are just trying to sneak into the playoffs. If you are a team that might get in but will probably do nothing when you get there you need to cash in those ufas at the trade deadline. Good example is Mark Giordano. They ended up getting nothing for him.Unless it is a year like last year when most thought they had a chance to do something big in the playoffs.
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I think 10th place teams that shed big assets for a rental are chasing their tales for sure.
But if you're in a playoff spot I think not trading your UFAs and calling them your rentals is an understandable move.
The Oilers with Roloson, the Flames with Simon, Nieminen and Nilsson are examples of hitting the lottery, but that's rare I agree.