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Originally Posted by KipperFaNaTic
Not gonna lie, I am very upset with this deal. We got a long shot NHLer (hopefully I’m wrong), and a 2nd rounder for our best dman…
Conroy is not dumb so I am just assuming that there was no market for a 1st for Tanev which is shocking.
Happy with the sharangovic and kuzmenko trade. Not happy with this.
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I like Tanev as much as the next guy, but our best D? Weegar? Hanifin?
The guy is a reliable second pairing guy on a good team. We traded away 2 months of him (where we probably shouldn't be hoping for a playoff spot, in all honesty) for what I can only assume was comparable to the most competitive deals available. I see no reason why Conroy would take an inferior offer. You can argue the offers might have improved leading up to deadline day, but you can also argue they might not have.
He's 34. He's an injury risk because of how he plays the game. I think he's arguably our smartest defender but by no means our best. I don't know anything about the prospect we acquired, but I'm glad that during our arguably hottest stretch of the season Conroy isn't blinded to the fact that we needs picks and youth more than a first round exit.