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Originally Posted by gvitaly
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.
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I mentioned this in the other thread. Getting Market Value does not tell you very much about a trade.
Market value is time dependent like the stock market. Selling all your stocks at the Covid lows would have been taking market value at the time but everyone can universally agree that it was a very bad decision. Just because you transacted at market value given the time frame it does not mean you got a good, neutral or even a bad deal.
You can criticize Conroy by looking at the process in which the deals were made. Conroy allowed the circumstances of these trade requests dictate his actions and that typically is not good business. Conroy had time on his side and decided to forego that luxury which again is typically not good business. I think it is okay for fans to question these trades based on that.
For the record I did not mind the Toffoli trade but thought they could have gotten more for Zadarov which admit can still be a good trade if he hits it out of the park weaponizing the cap space in future moves).