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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The biggest panic trade Treliving was ever involved in, it was someone else who panicked. On June 26, 2015, he traded a 1st and two 2nds for Dougie Hamilton. The Oilers had been trying to get Hamilton themselves, and were left with a 1st and 2nd burning a hole in their pocket. So the very same day, they traded those picks for Griffin freaking Reinhart.
Just saying.
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That's true. It was never quite the same day for Treliving - and I was referencing more his acquisitions of Carlo and Laughton last year where he moved the assets he offered for Rantanen in the deals for those two then in the end.
Same thing here.
Maybe you don't get Bjorkstrand, 1st, and O'Reilly for Coleman, which was rumored to be the Panarin offer...
But maybe you can do Bjorkstrand + O'Reilly and don't have to retain on Coleman because you take back that contract, and means you leave the retention spot for Kadri.
Or in an ideal world still don't have to retain on Kadri (ie. Carolina and Kotkaniemi), and then can flip Bjorkstrand at 50% and he probably becomes valuable at that point.