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Old 01-11-2020, 10:11 AM   #225
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
The Frolik trade indicates that Treliving intends to be a buyer at the deadline. We're not selling Hamonic, and if we were it would be sooner rather than later so we can accumulate cap multiplier.

Selling from a playoff team is a recurring fantasy from pessimist fans but not something that GMs and owners who covet the Stanley Cup go for. If you bomb in the playoffs and a guy walks, well at least you went down swinging and you get cap space as an asset anyways.
Actually most of the scuttlebutt is Treliving acquiring a player with term, not a rental.

I just don't like the core as it stands. Something feels off. I don't go all in with this team as it stands unless there's a huge change to consistency and mental fortitude down the stretch.

I'm not a pessimist though, I generally get worn out arguing what is deemed an optimistic bias.
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