In Pridham we trust
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Trades like the schmidt trade shouldn't be used as comparables. He's worth way more $$, limiting the amount of teams that can acquire him, and it was move that had to be made quickly to make room for Pietro. Also the Pandemic limits teams that would want to jump at a big $$ deal with term.
At the deadline, Savard's AAV will be a fraction of what it is today.
Always better to use recent deadline deals for comparables.
Skjei and Martinez trades are good examples.