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Originally Posted by Royle9
I will add, and I know that CGY has done a pretty poor job in the PR department thanks to Donny Maloney, but I don’t believe they’ll be flipping Whitecloud.
It would look even more silly than the rebiggle incident to post chatter with Whitecloud about his excitement to join CGY and be part of what they “trying to do up here” and how he can’t wait to be a Flame, to turn around and trade him in a few weeks.
That would be pretty cut throat, and we know how much they are about feelings up here (like it or hate it).
It would be an absolute grand slam to flip him for another 1st for SURE but I don’t see it happening. What I do hope Craig takes from this, now that he’s been burned once again at crunch time, is that he capitalizes on the Coleman and Kadri markets NOW and not sit idle and waste any more chances of a 3 peat on lack of working kindly with UFA destination talks.
And don’t kid yourselves, I give him until after the Olympics to extend in VGK.
He’s already come out in the summer and said Vegas would be a place for him long term.
It’s still a “meh” trade to me, the only positive I’ll take for now is it should help us get some more “L’s” but I personally can’t call it a win for CGY with the conditions on the picks.
Very late 1st is essentially a 2nd and a late 2nd a 3rd at the end of the day.
Yea not bad for a “rental” but we should all know that’s not really what it is, he rug pulled at the 11th hour and Craig was forced to pivot.
Though if I’m being honest I had a hard time believing he would sign long term in Boston, I don’t see them competing for a cup any time soon.
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There is likely more to the story than we will ever know. But it is true leverage was lost. Something I hope Conroy has learned from and rectifies by moving Coleman this year and not next.
The Fan 960 Seravalli interview about today's Ras trade was quite spicy when they discussed how the week unfolded. He called LV the Evil Empire and was quite cynical about how things played out this week with reference to Marner landing in LV in a similar fashion.
He gave very high odds that LV will have extension signed for Ras very soon.
Also mentioned that Conroy gave Kings permission to talk contract extension as well as Bruins yet Ras' agent never even bothered to discuss with Kings. Just nixed any chance of extension this morning.