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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
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.
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And you believe the bolded is the case? I don't.
And with Kadri I think they had many conversations about approaching the player or not. What he does for the room. What it means for future players on UFA deals that get no moves.
To assume otherwise is a pretty big reach in mind.
I don't buy into the media quotes to the same level.