I don't want to agree with Spurs, but he is not incorrect in saying there were those advocating to trade Johnny and rebuild even before he pulled the last minute won't resign.
Going back to the Eichel trade. It was viewed as a way to maybe keep Johnny and or Tkachuk.
I had some inside info on the johnny talks that led me to believe he was not resigning and I was publicly roasted over my subsequent position to trade him for whatever and focus hard on signing Tkachuk. I will admit that I was also taken in by the Tkachuk trade and thought it was the best we could possibly hope for!! I am sure there are many others who were of the same mind as me. Elated. Now, it turned out poorly, but I don't think it was wrong to have hope after that trade was made.
I still think trading Monahan + 1st for Kadri is where we really dug the hole. But, I understand why we did it in light of trying to continue being a contender.
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