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Originally Posted by Saqe
Seems like a hail mary trade to see if this guy can stick. If the Devils had seen any upside they would've just taken the cheap qualifying offer instead of trading for Toffoli.
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Devils are in their window, they need a sure thing for right now. Tyler is that.
Flames can afford the patient approach and help the kid try to reach his potential at this level.
If it pans out they'll come out of this looking pretty good.
Meanwhile TT probably moves on from the Devils next summer with a Meier extension by Jersey, and since they'll hang on to him for their playoff run, possibly for nothing.
Sometimes the good/right thing isn't exciting on day 1. The instant gratification route hasn't got us anywhere though.