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Originally Posted by Slanter
Yep, I understand this year was a lost year right from the start. I'm just saying these trades lock us into a lost year next year, and probably the next two at best.
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I don't think keeping Andersson and Weegar would have changed that. This is a bad team with or without them.
Those are the only roster players that have been traded this year so far. Having Whitecloud and Määttä instead isn't likely to make a difference of more than a couple of wins next year, and progressively less as time goes on and all four players age out.
If anything, the trades open up the possibility of a quicker turnaround because they can be traded for players later on. I am convinced that there's significant arbitrage to be had by picking up draft picks at the deadline, when some GMs are practically giving them away to get players, and dealing them away on draft day, when other GMs are practically giving away players to get picks.