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[I wanna be like Miikka]

Originally Posted by SweetDoc

Meh, I've made Schenn available and have added him into many trade offers and nobody seems all that excited about him.

That is because your asking price is 100x more then what you paid for him, just admit you had a steal already!

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by MJK

He aint a new GM. After 2 weeks noobs are fair game, but nice try.
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This is not true. We review deals for new GMs as long as we feel is necessary. The 2 week window has been dead for a long time. It made no sense since some GMs don't make any moves in their first 2 weeks. We review deals for new GMs until we feel they are ready to be on their own. Sometimes that is 2 weeks, sometimes its longer.

But in this case the new Habs GM has been around for a long time now and is indeed on his own.

[Antithesis]

Wow, great deal for Columbus. Luckily for the Habs he has the depth to take a hit in player quality like this.

[SweetDoc]

Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka

That is because your asking price is 100x more then what you paid for him, just admit you had a steal already!

I got a darn good deal, but at least the NYI GM publicly put him on the market when I traded for him.

I've never asked anyone for 100X more than what I paid for him; however, if you have any such proof, feel free to post it in this thread.

[mbeauchamp76]

Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka

That is because your asking price is 100x more then what you paid for him, just admit you had a steal already!

I guess I am never going to live that one down but it is funny how no one wants to give up anything susbstantial for him. His value should have risen anyway after an amazing World Juniors so BJ should expect more in return.

Is it so bad that one GM wins a trade anyway? Every GM has a reason for pulling off a trade and no one has a gun to their head saying you have to make the trade. Sometimes the trade makes a team better now or later but that doesn't mean that you won the trade. Not to say every GM is in their right mind when they pull a trade off, some trades have some thought given, some are right off the cuff, some are for the sake of making a trade etc.

If you go by the rule that the team that gets the best player in the deal wins then the Jackets win, however MTL had their reasons for making the deal and I respect that. It does suck a little when a GM has to keep defending themselves, maybe all it takes is for a GM to just stand up and admit they screwed up and that they will do better next time and be done with it.

The Schenn deal does help me this year but I lose because I gave up the best player in the deal (2 years from now) Just a little tidbit to add is that Eminger is a +5 for the Islanders since joining (14 games).