I'd love to know what the Tampa offer was. Realistically it would be kind of a "rental" for them as well. Meaning, why would Tampa, a team that is very light on futures and needs to start looking with one eye towards the future as their window is starting to close, deal a bunch of futures for a guy that is going to sign in the summer anyway.
Tampa probably didn't think that Hanifin moved the needle enough for them this season to spend a bunch of their already limited futures on a player they're going to get for free in 5 months anyway.
Is it an underwhelming return? Yeah kinda. Is it Conroys fault? Not in the least.
It sucks from our standpoint, but kudos to Hanifin and Brisson for maneuvering the way they did.
What would you say would bring this deal to respectability? Any 1st rounder is going to be bottom of the draft from a contender loading up. We got onto of those. We got the 3rd/2nd. Plus we got a youngish player that the scouts and management had their eyes on. I'd say the deal could use a B prospect or another 2nd to bring it to something I'd be happy with right here, right now.
But 5 years from now, with all of the moving parts in a rebuild, I don't think that 2nd or B prospect is going to move the needle towards a contender in 5 to 7 years.
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