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Originally Posted by TOfan
I think this idea that seems to be popping up that the Leafs need to ‘pay up’ simply because their GM used to be our GM or because our own GM made a horrendous trade with the Leafs 30 years ago is nonsense.
Any team, whether it is the Leafs or not, should ‘pay up’. Tanev is a valuable asset the the cost to acquire should be commensurate with that value no matter who the acquiring team is. The best deal on the table should be the one the Flames go with. Trying to extract a premium from one team or another for historical reasons is childish, or Milbury, like behaviour
I suspect GM’s are smarter than this. The days of seeking revenge or GM’s trying to steal from one another is probably over. These guys have professional relationships to maintain with one another so if you want to run the risk of being the jackass in the room, you’ll probably get shut out.
Should the Flames avoid trading with the Sharks because the Sharks will surely be after us. We stole Kiprusoff 20 years ago and they’ve been just waiting to get us back, mark my words! Conroy better be careful! Don’t do it Craig! We definitely have to take the Jets to the woodshed because we traded Marc Savard to them 21 years ag when they were the Thrashers.i bet those people in Atlanta are still snickering at us. Josh Morrissey for Tanev and a 4th should do.
Conroy should trade Tanev, or any player for the best deal at the time they decide to make the trade. That’s it. Should t matter one iota if it’s the Rangers, the Leafs, the Stars, whoever….doesn’t matter. Conroy’s job is to make the Flames better not extract revenge on others for ‘reasons’.
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I think how trades will be perceived by a team’s fanbase absolutely has an influence on returns. Beyond the fans perception of a trade with the leafs, it sounds like the owner might be demanding a higher price from the leafs:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames/s/vAnYtb2RwJ
And this kind of thinking would apply even more to trading with the oilers, for example. It would have to be a massive, massive overpay for the flames to ever consider trading a valuable piece to the oilers that could help them win.