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Originally Posted by TOfan
Okay, so what about the players that would have still been here? Does Tkachuk score 40 and 100 pts? Lindolm? Or does that disastrous trade you were advocating so strongly for completely crater the value of the remaining asset?
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We don't know. Voracek was still a very capable winger and a great setup man. He may well have filled the gap, we don't know. What we did know was Treliving was mismanaging the situation and where it was headed. He could have got Gaudreau for a discount during that off season and balked at it. When that didn't happen it should have been an immediate trade situation because he surrendered control to the player and brought zero return into the mix. Huge mistake. Massive mistake. Better to have those two birds in the hand (three in this case) than none in the bush.
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If this were the case the other trash proposal for Tkachuk you were on about may have made sense. Believe it was Purunivich, 1st and Tarasenko?
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Perunovich was one of the highest regarded prospects at the time. That's the roll of the dice you take with picks and prospects. Perunovich had ripped up college hockey and then did the same in the AHL. His size was an issue, but at the time small defensemen were en vogue. Tarasenko is still a very productive player (30 points in 39 games and +13 on a -13 team). For comparison, Elias Lindholm has 30 points in 46 games and is -9 on -3 team and considered the best player available in trade. That 1st rounder would have been very welcomed in a draft where ended up with three assets, two of which seem to be problems (rape charges for Ronni and attitude issues with Littler). Since we're staring a rebuild in the face (this was obvious three or four seasons ago) it would have been beneficial to have those 1st round picks.
The other issue with prospects is you have accept there are some bumps along the way and you take the good with the bad. Perunovich has been stuck behind a bunch of vets. Frost ran into some injury issues (Daniel Tkachuk territory) then got sat in favor of vets. He was the Flyers' best player down the stretch last year and then got in the doghouse early on this year with Tortorella but has recently returned to form and has been playing great for the team (PPG for January and 12 points in last 14 games).
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‘Better than what they got’ right?….sure.
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And better than where we are as an organization today. I wonder what navel gazing and retrospect you'll have in two or three years after this UFA class has been dealt with? You're great at critiquing others but bring nothing to the table as far as real thoughts and discussion about options.