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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
If Conroy changes nothing this is still a bottom five team, unless Wolf comes out and steals games for us.
The conversation is does Coleman bring more value to the team by facilitating good work ethic and structure or as a 3rd round pick? To me the answer is obvious.
Trade UFAs keep quality vets, draft lots and most importantly develop prospects.
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True. The exception comes if the return for certain vets passes a threshold where it is worth it to trade them. And that threshold is different for each player. For example, if a team was willing to trade a first round pick (top ten protected) for a retained Coleman, I think that value is high enough that it would be worth it to trade him. Your example of a 3rd round pick is probably much closer to what he would realistically return and, I agree, in that scenario it’s likely not worth it to trade him - the flames don’t need the cap space and he is a great veteran leader.
Similar with Andersson… I was hoping his trade value would be enough to get another top 15 pick in the draft last week but maybe no teams were offering that. Or maybe Conroy wanted more than that. Either way, going forward, I think it’s likely Andersson could easily return a 1st round pick+ in any trade even if it’s not until the TDL of the year his contract expires (2026). So for it to be worth trading him now, the return has to either be a 1st round pick+++ or it needs to be a high 1st round pick (i.e., a 1st round pick where the flames know it’s in the top half of the draft). If those kind of returns have not been offered yet, then it’s likely not worth trading him yet.