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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Do you think this is the actual best they could have gotten for Toffoli?
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He took the player to market. Presumably that was the best deal on the table. That’s the market.
I don’t subscribe to the notion that NHL trades are a battle that you can somehow win if you’re really cunning or forceful. Sure, it takes knowledge of the league and what’s available to put together a good picture of how the market looks at any given time. But in a fairly straightforward deal like this - a pending veteran UFA being dealt - you’re going to get some offers, there will be a bit of back and forth, and you either accept one of them or you don’t. There’s no trickery or mind-bending going on.