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As I have been seeing some NYR fans posts, there have a been a few things that have been of concern. If you are just having fun, I get it; not trying to criticize or be a kill joy. However, if you are serious in your posts, please take into account the following considerations.
1- STOP TRADING FOR ADAM FOX: Countless NYR fans continue to trade for Adam Fox. I do not think your values are wrong, but why do you want to trade for Adam when there is simply no market for him yet? No other team is reportedly interested in him, so why waste any assets on Fox now? Unless you think he's the difference that will help NYR win a cup (which I would like to think most do not believe so), then you simply wait for him to be an UFA, and sign him. If another teams calls up CAR for his rights, then I can understand trading for his rights. However, at the moment, trading for Adam should not be in your NYR 19-20 plan.
2- STOP TRADING BRENDAN SMITH TO OTT: I continue to see this in many posts. Smith had a 15 team trade list from 17-19, and will diminish to only 10 teams. I doubt that OTT will be on that list. Think about what Smith wants: playing time on a team that will help him showcase his talents for another contract. OTT is in total rebuild, so I would like to think they would rather play their youth as much as possible (similar to what NYR was doing with Deangelo and Pionk). Smith would be in no different situation in OTT than in NY, but he would only be paying even more in income taxes. Suggestion: look for teams that have holes on their blueline, and do not have talented youth coming up soon. A couple of teams to consider could be ANA and MIN.
3- STOP ASSUMING DAL FULFILLS THE CONDITIONS IN ZUCCARELLO'S TRADE: As we saw with Tampa Bay, when you assume, "it makes an ass out of u and me." My personal outlook is that you work with the worst case scenario. I understand that it would be fun to maximize first rounders, but until it happens I think it's better to work with what is at play at the current moment.
As I said, I am not trying to rain on anyone's parade. I just think that if you are serious when posting these ideas, less people are going to take you seriously. I apologize in advance if this offends anyone, as that is clearly not my intention. These are just suggestions.