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Originally Posted by neo45
I think they just saw how poorly he’s done with his two trades before and are trying to take advantage.
Sorry if it ruffles feathers, but he traded his leading scorer for a team’s healthy scratch and a third, then had 6 teams interested in a player and traded him for a return that was lower than anyone had predicted. Everyone in Vancouver was doing cartwheels after that trade.
It’s no surprise other GM’s are calling him. He’s shown that he will fold to GM’s
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I think there's a huge gap between fan predictions, and market value. Would you have been happy had we paid a 1st, or a 2nd + prospect for Zadorov 2 years ago? I certainly wouldn't be. We signed Z as a free agent, and gained some assets for him now, that's a net gain in my book. Maybe you're arguing the value difference between a 2nd and a 3rd + 5th, in my book that's not that much of a difference.
As for Toffoli, the team needed to get under the cap somehow in the off-season. He was the one guy not in the team's long term plans. It wasn't like we could've just sat pat and waited for the season to start. Moreover, Sharangovich was a healthy scratch in the playoffs, but was a pretty good player for NJ before the Meier trade.