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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
It's pretty straightforward, IMO. About 100 guys are available for free on waivers at the start of every season, when almost all 32 teams think they're going to compete with their rosters on paper and very few guys are injured. Lots of supply, not much demand.
But at the deadline, when teams are in an arms race and looking for every potential advantage, they're more likely to give up picks for depth guys. Almost no one is available for free at that point in the season and a ton of guys will be dealing with injuries. Teams will inevitably have seen that their rosters don't look as good on the ice as they did on paper and will want to make changes. And if a team like Colorado catches wind that a team like Vegas is looking to strengthen its bottom six with a guy like Greer, it tracks that they'll want to make a similar addition to keep pace. Not much supply, lots more demand.
It's pretty easy to get a guy like Greer in October (or July, for that matter). It's much harder to get one in March.
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The pick argument is fine - he is worth a pick.
It's the other side that doesn't hold water. There are not 'about 100 guys' of Greer's quality. If there were, this thread wouldn't even exist, because he would be the same as all the other useless no names that we pick from that pile of about 100 every year.