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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
I think Podkolzin would have been absolutely the wrong guy to get for a number of reasons outside of his draft pedigree which means nothing at this stage.
1. He's a left shot winger which is an area of significant surplus for this organization
2. He has extremely pedestrian production at every level and he hasn't shown projectable top six upside
3. He has an easy out to leave, make a good living, and play in his home country if things don't work out in short order here
Brzu makes so much more sense for this organization in my mind, and to me Conroy certainly targeted the correct guy.
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It how good trades get made.
Brzu had mare value to Calgary than Vancouver, due to Vancouver having Hughes and others who can QB the PP. Calgary had a need there.
Kuz had huge negative value to Vancouver, he had lesser negative value to Calgary.
Each side got what they wanted/needed. It was not a forced trade, it was actually very well thought out.