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Originally Posted by keenan87
It always seems like most teams can get value for their players but there are always a hurdle for the Flames. Is this just plain bad luck or the Flames are just not great at managing assets. For instance, what would Andersson's value be if he was traded last off-season for 50% retained. A team would have gotten him for 2 years.
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For me it's a combination. A bit of luck involved, but the flames always wait too long and trade players post peak value. Last summer with 2 years on his deal an extension isn't even a part of the trade discussion and you bring in a core building block for rasmus. But the flames always chasing the 16th playoff spot seem to hold vets who can still contribute until the last possible moment out of fear the team will be so much worse without them. Like coleman this year. everyone can see now is the time to move him except the flames. We also seem to handout a ton of ntcs and nmcs that further restrid flexibility - kadri should 100% be moved this summer at peak value but the club doesn't have the ability to do it because of the clause.
Last I just don't think they are moving exceptional players lately. The club is bad for a reason. Rasmus is an above average close to 30 dman. You can't expect a crazy return.
Next summer watch they will attempt to move kadri after a much worse season too instead of really pushing it this year to find a fit where we will waive after his massive season and the flames will be out a potential 1st rounder or something. Asset mgmt has been pretty bad for this franchise... deals like glencross or mangiapane stick out because they are so few and far between. At least conroy seems more focused on it than any of our past gms