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All the posters saying they should have held onto Toffoli till the deadline are missing the fact that the Flames would never have traded Toffoli at the deadline.

The Flames are always in the playoff mix, there is no way they would have traded Toffoli.

They would have held onto him and hope that they could make the playoffs.

Toffoli would have walked for nothing.

Yes, trade deadline value would be higher, but (1) Flames would never have traded Toffoli at the deadline and (2) you also take on the risk that Toffoli might get injured and can't get traded.

This trade is average, it's not great, it's not terrible. It only looks terrible because many posters on this board have been thinking that the Flames would be getting a 1st round pick in one of the deepest drafts in years for Toffoli. That was never going to happen. If a 1st round pick in 2023 was available, Conroy would have taken it.