As I said above, there's less rational thinking at the trade deadline than in the off-season. Dreams in early March of a Stanley Cup parade in June frequently make GM's do what are clearly irrational trades.
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As I said above, there's less rational thinking at the trade deadline than in the off-season. Dreams in early March of a Stanley Cup parade in June frequently make GM's do what are clearly irrational trades.
wiseguy1
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I think GMs are coming to the realization that young players are coming ready to play in the NHL more than ever before. Any GM who trades a good 1st pick away (#15 or higher) better make sure that player they intended to pick was a decent question mark. Also in Max's case they should think they have a decent chance to re-sign him. I'm sure that's what LA was thinking when the got Lucic, but they got burned and the league took note of that.
Thats exactly what is going on .....youth is being injected earlier on team rosters and are playing bigger roles much sooner .
An exec like Lamorillo would be nuts to part with # 11 and AB for a 30 year old Max looking for big money in a year and will be 31 .
There is no way a young legit looking 25 + goal scorer plus a Dobson, or Veleno, or Widle is worth Max
The time to get max on Max was 2 years ago but they fooked up waiting .
Altair
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Lou has also seen a lot of max in the past few seasons. That may not be a good thing.
My gut is telling me he's trading Max for a dman
GrandWazoo
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Any GM that trade for him now can also recoup his losses by trading him at the deadline if things don't work out. We can also do like Nashville did with Turris and allow the team to negotiate with Max ahead of the deal. I'm not trading Max for less than a 1st and a good prospect. At worse I hold onto him until someone gets desperate, even if it's the deadline next year. No GM is going to find a 35 goals scorer at such an affordable cap hit anywhere else. And the guy that will be available July 1st (like JVR) will fetch a pretty penny.
:rolleyes(2): so Max isnt traded .....damn it
GrandWazoo
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Lesser players have been traded for more. The other teams needs to be desperate, not us.
Habsy
Yes, I'm kidding people.
You overvalue first round picks. A proven NHL goal scorer vs a maybe in a draft, especially when the pick is outside top 10. A team looking to go for it will make that trade.
Lets see what NERO can do
Habs53
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He is not going to trade him one for one for a number 10 or 11 pick. That i am sure of. He will be with us for the year before that happens. 35 goal scorers dont grow on trees.
Sal_Butera
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Let me get this straight, Cory Schneider, a goalie was traded for what a 9th overall pick and goalies have no trade value on the market, yet the 2nd best goal scorer over the past 6-years has less market value?
Altair
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Times are changing.
This is a young mans league now, and teams want to win when young players are on their elc or RFA contracts.
Deals from 5 years ago don't mean much now.
Bingo ...he has to get traded this summer
Cut your best deal and move on
How anyone with the optics of this team want him back on a massive term deal at 31 is beyond me
Having 6, 31 and 67 inked into their mid to late 30`s is pointless
GrandWazoo
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Times haven't changed that much, teams looking to solve a need right now still value a sure thing over a maybe in 2-3 years.
So if the best deal on the table is Isles # 11 for 67 your saying no ?
CaptainBolduke
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This isn't 100% true.
Very few times work in the immediate like the Habs (MB) do.
Patch has value, but only to a very small handful of teams.
GrandWazoo
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It only takes a handful of teams.