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Originally Posted by Macho0978
Basically, what I'm saying. They said they tried but didn't get what they wanted. Most felt the returns for the sellers were great this trade deadline, but the Flames couldn't get anything? I doubt it, my guess is they wanted controllable roster players or NHL ready prospects. Almost all deadline deals were for picks, at least the valuable pieces were for picks. So was nothing available for the Flames or were they not willing to take on risk by trading for picks only.
Based on this season, I would trade for picks only because we can replace guys like Backlund or Toffoli through the system or with these picks whether it's drafted players or trades. IMO buying picks at the deadline and selling them in the off season is a good way to buy low sell high as some teams were trading boat loads of picks for depth players trying to make a run at the cup. Flames failed to capitalize on this. I want a GM that will sell when it's clear it's a good season to sell.
But all this could just be the owners not the GM.
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Players with term are trickier though especially when most teams are tight to the cap. A team might want Backlund but they’d have to send back a similar contract that weakens their roster, send a cap dump which the Flames can’t absorb, or deal with cap issues in the summer. Teams will be more willing to shuffle players around in the off-season as they rejig their rosters.