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Originally Posted by dissentowner
If you want the player you trade for him. It is easy to say if they want Hanifin they can just go after him this summer, the problem is there will be 10-15 other teams thinking the same thing.
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Trading for him doesn't guarantee you get him past this year either.
Plus, NJ may only be interested in him at a UFA price, as opposed to a heavy trade price plus essentially a UFA contract.
They may consider him a luxury instead of a necessity.