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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
It's already been established looking at past deals that this is what bottom pairing generally guys go for.
You may not like it. You may have wanted more. But the market dictates the price. Not the other way.
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I don't get this line of thinking. This means that no trade in the history of trades are bad because the market at the time dictated the price. You can choose to hold out on trading someone until the market changes.
I also don't buy that Zadarov needed to be traded at this time because of the trade request causing Lockeroom issues. Yes, it probably annoyed guys in the room (as it should) but they are all professionals. Some of them have borderline trade requests of their own. There's never been any indication from players or anyone around the team that he is a bad teammate.
Conroy allowed circumstances around the request to force his hand which is reactionary in nature and typically not good business. I don't think the return is that bad but he definitely could have gotten more with patience.