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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Okay, how about a player like Monahan. We traded a 1st for MTL to eat his contract, 1.5 seasons later he's traded for a 1st.
Another interesting case was Taylor Hall betting on himself, and signing a 1 year contract with BUF. He went from 1 x $8M to 4 x $6M. He got NJD 1st +3rd + Bahl + another couple of players. BUF traded him after a year and a half for a 2nd with 50% retention.
Kuzmenko is another example, teams were interested at adding him in the offseason and calling the Flames about him, now he would pass through waivers.
Markstrom was probably untradeable the summer before fetching a 1st + Bahl.
Huberdeau went from getting Tkachuk to untradeable within half a season.
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Fair points but I think there’s extenuating circumstances surrounding all those examples.
Monahan was a shell of his former self. The price for a $6M cap dump was well established. I think it’s pretty clear the organizational decision was to stay competitive at that time, so the Flames did what they had to do to try to accomplish that. But its a unique case. Not sure how relevant this is to Andersson and his value.
Kuzmenko, another cap dump. I don’t see the relevancy to Andersson, or Blackwood.
Markstrom was untradable? Do we know that? I don’t believe we do. That said, fair to say his value likely wasn’t what it was when they dealt him. But, again, we have no idea. Other teams surely would be well aware of his pedigree and I don’t think one season where the entire organization was underperforming (2nd in Vezina voting the year prior) with supposed internal strife. It was well known the Flames were in a dysfunctional state at that time. Further, he was preparing for the arrival of his first child which could cause a lot of personal challenges beyond Markstrom’s control.
Huberdeau, Weegar, Schwindt, and a first got Tkachuk. And don’t look now, but Huberdeau, by his account, is playing the best hockey of his career, right now. What does that mean? Couldn’t give Huberdeau away a month ago but now he’s worth something? If he continues to perform well he’s worth something +? I dont think so. I think his performance over the past two years and his contract matter more than the past two months do.