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Originally Posted by Bonded
Most of the pushback you have been getting is around proposals that turned Andersson into the 2nd overall or Johnston. If Conroy’s price for Andersson is a young C with top line potential potential then we likely see him go at the deadline for a Hanifin type return. Hopefully a GM on the other end pays up but it’s pretty hard to see that kind of player coming back from a contender.
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I will say this, I am often amazed at GM's that don't sacrifice young cost controlled players, is Johnson a better player with more value, than Andersson, for sure, no one will debate that that, but is Dallas a more well rounded team, able to finally get "over the hump" with Andersson adding to there too 4, one could also make a logical argument for that case as well.
Maybe on some level Dallas realizes they need to make a trade like this, but perhaps they are waiting till the deadline next year, hoping Conroy buckles or a another trade partner steps up.
Either way if Dallas does nothing and they don't win a Stanley Cup, hockey writers will tear him apart, saying he missed looking at the big picture, if he does sacrifice a young player like Johnson, and it backfires, hockey writers will tear him apart again saying it was a short sighted trade.
For me you trade a player like Johnson any day of the week if your team is better in the end.