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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
If the offers are just other pending UFA's, then what's the point? You might as well keep Hanifin till the trade deadline, when 1st rounders are worth the least as contending teams load up. Just don't get sucked into not trading him at the deadline.
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I think we are forgetting that last year’s acquisition prize Tkachuk also returned two pending UFA’s so the situation really isn’t that different.
Hanifin is no where close to the player Tkachuk is so the return is going to reflect that. Coupled with the tight cap and this creates a weak sellers market.
What screwed the Flames last year was signing the two UFA’s immediately and not holding and trading them at the deadline for first round picks.
If Conroy can’t get long term pieces in exchange for the UFA’s, then he HAS to sell them at the deadline for futures. The only exception is if they are in first place and look legit, and even then, I few like you still need to at least move some of them for long term assets.