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Would you ever make a bad trade to help your team

Created by: sensonfire
Team: 2020-21 Calgary Flames
Initial Creation Date: Feb. 22, 2021
Published: Feb. 22, 2021
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Bad trades seem to be made all the time.

At the time, this was one of them.

Yet teams know they are getting "the short end of the stick" and they do them anyway.

I remembered when Ottawa traded EK65 to San Jose, everybody thought Doug Wilson absolutely fleeced Pierre Dorion.

I encourage you to go back and look at the EK65 trade on capfriendly, look at how many people thought the Sharks "won" the trade and then scroll down to look at some of the comments.

It's amazing how a team's fortunes after a trade can change so unexpectedly.

As of today, Pierre Dorion "lost" the trade and helped his team.

As of today, Doug Wilson "won" the trade and did not help his team.

As an ACGM, would you make a bad trade to help your team?

Let me know in the comments :)
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Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.
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Flames and Oilers both take it 10 times out of 10. Flames like Lucic, Oilers like Neal, if they were to stay in their respective places neither of them would be doing as well as they are (which I understand isn't great). Production wise it's been closer to a wash than people though which is advantage Flames, contract wise, advantage Oilers. The third is a bit of a kicker and a moral victory because in no way do the Flames deserve it.
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Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.
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I don't think any GM makes a trade thinking it's a "bad trade".
People said the Sharks won the Karlsson trade because we all thought it would make them a contender - and it did, at least for 2019.
If EK65 was still healthy, I think the Sharks would be in a very different spot right now.

Obviously, at this point in time, Ottawa won the trade - mainly because of Stuetzle. But NOBODY predicted, at the time of the trade, that something like that would result from it.
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Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.
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Trading a 1st round pick and N. Foote for B. Coleman leans heavily in New jesrey's favor for value, but look at what Coleman did for Tampa in the playoffs and what he'll hopefully do for them again this year. I think if a trade helps a team do it.
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Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.
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If it helps the team, it was a good trade. There may be differing ideas of what helps, and different situations, but that's the goal.
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Feb. 22, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.
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Lately I’ve been proposing Detroit trading Anthony Mantha to Oilers for Dylan Holloway and a pick. Both fan bases think their own player is better. Makes me think it’s a good hockey trade.
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