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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
So I would argue that VAN benefitted more by moving Kuzmenko than by CGY retaining, and CGY benefitted more by NOT retaining, than they would have gotten for the retention.
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There's also diminishing returns to retention in this case. The plausible upside to retention here would presumably have been to get one of Vancouver's top 2 prospects. However it appears they were basically off the table*, so there's no meaningful upside to the Flames retaining. Getting a guaranteed 3rd rather than a 4th and/or even a conditional 2nd wouldn't really move the needle imo.
* I'm guessing they were off the table but it's a reasonable assumption. If the Tanev involvement angle was true, it probably related to getting one of those two. But even then, you get a diminished return on Tanev because it would only be the prospect. Vancouver had already given away their 2024 1st and I would think giving away the 2025 1st as well would have been off the table. Gotta go elsewhere for Tanev since the Vancouver well is effectively dry.