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Originally Posted by dissentowner
I can be definitive because Hanifin is head and shoulders the best D man that was on the market. After the earlier moves where exactly was Vegas going to find a D man remotely as good? Florida and TB were definitely in play and interested. I think this is clearly a newbie GM situation where he got took by an agent and an opposing GM. The return is not disastrous but there was time and he should have used it. Again, he will learn
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Yes but if Vegas went after Guentzel then that would mean they may not have been in on Hanifin at deadline so you don't really know if trade would have been there and assuming Conroy wants whats best for the team I'm sure he looked at other offers and assumed wasn't worth the risk.