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Originally Posted by Bingo
You are welcome to your opinion, and I like the way you approach things because it's generally less whiney ... but I don't agree at all with your first statement.
Of course it was a thought.
They make asset management calls on all their impending players. They saw value in keeping Andersson a year longer.
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And IMO that's a mistake, but they are fine to come to that conclusion. My frustration with what Royle9 said is more the "With that said his value would have been highest 2 seasons ago, but Flames were busy trying to compete and it wasn’t even a thought back then I’m certain."
Even 2 seasons ago the team was not contending, they have admitted as much publicly, there should be very few players on this roster they aren't willing or thinking about moving.
And it's not to say you have to trade them all, but you should at least be thinking about the potential return and long term outcome of every player on the roster.
That includes the benefit of keeping them, anticipated trade value of them now vs in the future, and the risks of keeping them too long into the last season of their deal.
I get frustrated when I hear things like "it wasn't even a thought" or "they didn't even consider trading Kadri" because in the situation the organization is in right now they should only really have three untouchables- Parekh, Wolf, and Future 1sts - everything else should be available and part of active discussions.