Seems like there can be a lot of risk trading for a long hyped trade target who is the best player on perennially terrible teams:
Bouwmeester
Jokinen
Tomas Kaberle
Rick Nash - maybe a slight reach and injury related, but only his 1st and 3rd seasons with NYR were any good...he didn't crack 40 pts in the other four seasons after leaving CBJ
Probably some other examples, and I'm sure there are times where it does work, but it seems like when a guy is on the trade block for a long time it rarely lives up to hopes/expectations?
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