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Originally Posted by GioforPM
So name a player that fits your bill as a replacement in that Kari deal that Treliving could obviously have easily made a deal for. On a team that needed a return that Calgary could do like that one.
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I wish I knew what was available at that time but I don’t have the inside info that others on this site have. If kadri was open to coming to yyc and he pulled the plug, then I accept that at face value and it’s bad on kadri for getting cold feet and nixing the deal. Makes treliving look bad from a fan perspective as he’s left holding the bag.
Would Toronto have subbed Kapanen for Kadri? I don’t know but that would have helped the rh shot imbalance.
Again, if a player has trade restrictions that include Calgary that is something from my perspective I’d shy away from as a similar situation like kadri could happen again. I’d focus on players that lack that trade protection and if it means targeting players that haven’t popped yet in their organization and are buried (such as the bracco example), that would be something I would look at.