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Originally Posted by RedHawk12
But that wasn't the point that was argued. OP made the point (I think) that the return for Andersson wasn't great because we got a late 1st as the main peice, which they regrettably referred to as essentially a 2nd round pick, causing a lot of the trade's defenders to jump down OP's throat, mocking the classification of a 1st as a 2nd, which again, while technically correct, misses the main point, which is that the return of a late 1st is not great.
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The only teams paying large prices for veterans are contenders, and contenders pick late in the round. That’s just the way it is.
It would carry more weight if the OP had not fixated on the one pick and ignored the other pieces of the deal.
Instead of keeping Whitecloud for two and a half years, the Knights traded a late 1st, a 2nd (position to be determined) and a marginal prospect to upgrade him to Andersson for five months. That’s a big price to pay for that upgrade. Nobody else was offering as much.