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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Not sure what posters you are talking about but my point has been that teams just entering their contention window are not going to want to trade big future pieces just yet.
LA is different though. They are on the verge of a failed re-build. They don't have much coming in the pipeline. The fact that Greentree, who is meh, is there best prospect is evidence of this.
Greentree doesn't change much about their future. If this re-build fails (as I think it is) they've got a long road ahead. This deal seems to be an effort to try and squeeze something out of this re-build for a couple years.
TLDR: I don't think LA is gutting future because they already don't have a positive one.
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LA has made the playoffs 4 years in a row, average 103 points per year. If that is a failed rebuild, then most teams will fail at rebuilding.
They aren't the Avs and they aren't the Sharks, but I could see them adding this year and being a threat for the next 3 years.
They still have loads of cap next summer and I could see Doughty signing for much less. The have a + draft situation and just added their best player for next to nothing. It is a franchise altering move even if he is 34.