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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
GMs too.
Going into last season Frost was a 25 year old center with 87 points in his previous 150 games (48 point pace).
Farabee was a 24 year old winger with 182 points in 334 career games (45 point pace), and 2 20 goal seasons.
The asking price on each of them during the 2024 offseason was probably a 1st round pick based on their age, production, and draft pedigree. But 50 games later on a bad team with no puck luck and they were see sold at the absolute low point of their value.
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You say overreact. I'm going with waited too long. This is the difference between fans online vs GM's who have to make decisions and be held accountable for the decisions.
I agree that the value was at an all-time high the summer before the trade. Both had good seasons, and both were young and quality contracts. Very tough to trade both at that point, most fans would say the same thing. But ice time is always overlooked.
The most obvious prospect in this equation is Michkov. Potential superstar needs superstar ice time. Someone has to lose out. The better players you add, ice time stays the same. Foerster and Brink are 2 others. Ice is trending up. PP time is trending up.
Low point for the Flyers was to trade them when they did, but if they waited with the players they have, the trade value was never going back to what it was unless you let them play the ice the used to get.
Michkov's 16:41 is going up this year, no question about it.
This is why Conroy needs to make decisions and trust the scouts to replace players. Can't keep everyone too long and he is running the risk of moving out players for way less as young players push for more ice.