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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
We also need to take a good look at what stage the team was in. Vegas was contending for a cup; Florida just won a president's trophy. Florida also traded a 115-point player and 3rd overall draft pick for Tkachuk and up and coming defenceman that was highly regarded.
Teams in a rebuild don't make those trades, and contending teams make those trades because they can and they have the assets.
The Eichel one is always funny trying to use it as a comparison to Pettersson. How many teams in the gutter joined the Eichel sweeptakes? None it was Calgary and Vegas 2 teams trying to win.
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Panthers weren't a consistent contender when they trade for Reinhart. They weren't even a consistent playoff team. The Reinhart move and subsequently the Tkachuk move pushed them more and more into that status.
Anyways, I'm not saying the flames need to make that trade tomorrow. But they may have to eventually.
If they don't get elite talent from the bottom of the draft, they're going to have to get it somewhere.