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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I think it's interesting how any move made for an asset, that is not a draft pick, get's viewed as an end state move for the club. If we bring in Robertson, we write him in blood on the roster for the next xxx years? I'm not saying that's not a possibility, but isn't the job of Conroy, on the transaction for Anderson, to maximize the assets he gets in return?
I'm aligned with the fact, that in an ideal world, what we need is a centre, so if you could get that for Anderson in the right age and right ability you'd prioritize that. We all know that Anderson isn't going to net us our centre of the future in the form of a current NHLer, so I get how that shifts focus to get a draft pick that could maybe be leveraged for acquiring said centre. But as soon as you start talking draft picks, aren't you now in the get the best asset category? Shouldn't Conroy be evaluating the position of likely draft pick vs. what he thinks the value of Robertson as an asset (that could be moved in future deals). For example: Suggesting that Conroy should take say the 30th overall pick in the draft, because that 30th overall pick in the draft COULD be a centre vs. taking Robertson because Robertson IS a winger is flawed logic IMO.
I don't know which asset is more valuable in this example, a late first, or Robertson, but the goal of finding our top centre is the right one, but I think if that goal isn't one transaction away with the Anderson trade, then Conroy has to maximize his asset cupboard on the trade, because that gives him the most flexibility in the future to make other deals to eventually get that asset.
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This is very well said and exactly what I was talking about with Buffalo and the bad deals they make simply because they want to get out of the rut they are in. They only look at players that could help them now and never look at what additional more valuable assets could land you 2 or 3 moves from now. A team that bad annually is short a 2nd in 2026 and has 0 additional picks in the next 3 years in the 1dt 3 rounds simply because they refuse to add picks deal because they want to end the rebuild.
Jason Robertson is worth more than Ras is at the deadline.
Jason Robertson is worth signing as well. We have too many wingers but most of our wingers are young and do not have trade protection. If the contract is one that Conroy is comfortable with, we could look at moving other players to get picks.