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Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
Trade deadline is almost always the best time to sell for a big return. Only risks are injury or poor performance. Only benefit of selling now (for a smaller return presumably) is less risk, a bit of cap space and the Flames could get a better draft position due to poor performance.
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I really don't think that's always true.
1. You could have more bidders. We have little idea what the standings will look like next season, even the bad teams this year may think a trade or two can turn things around.
2. You have more time to find the right bidder.
3. The acquiring team may place more value on adding a player from the start of the year rather than for just 6 weeks of the regular season.
4. The player can have an even worse year and depreciate their trading value.
5. They can get hurt and become untradeable.
All of this tells me the Flames can't take that risk. We are already IMO the most asset poor organization in the league.