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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 5, 2017 at 8:05 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 26, 2017 at 7:44 p.m.
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Man, this is one of those conversations that aren't worth having, you are looking to argue... for the sake of argument. For the future I would recommend not getting offended when you can't get your point across, it is okay to be incorrect, that is one of the many ways one can learn something. It's when you get stubborn and hold on to mindless argument that it becomes nothing less than pathetic. In certain cases it gets to the point where these desperate arguments become so, off base, nonsensical, and moronic that it becomes hilarious... this is one of those cases.

ASSETS RARELY GET PUMPED BACK UP:
Rather than creating a list of the many times this has happened, I will mention one that may be within your line of shortsight, and talk about how the example you gave is dumb. Dion Phanuef, why is he an Ottawa Senator? Did the Toronto Maple Leafs perhaps give him a lesser role which allowed him to be a far more consistent player and therefor a far more valuable asset, allowing them to trade him and his terrible contract to Ottawa while not having to retain any of it AND getting a prospect, AND a pick?

Well I guess that didn't happen because you said it's rare... (SARCASM)

Now I don't know what exactly you are saying about Drouin, it's phrased very poorly. Are you using Drouin as an example of how a players trade value never increases? I hope not, because that's just dumb, look at what he got traded for. If you are using him as an example of how he is one of the few players to ever increase his trade value and doing so had nothing to do with how he played, I am sorry but that is also, really dumb. He went from an inexperienced prospect , refusing to play after demanding a trade, to showing his promise in the NHL by playing very well, playing well increased his trade value, which gave Tampa the opportunity to trade him for a high end prospect.

THE BIG DUMB PARAGRAPH:

You try to assign this outlook a label, without any attempt to understand what the thing you are talking about... actually is. And then discuss other times that your incorrect label, hasn't worked. Do I need to explain why that is moronic? I really hope not. It is not about being in between , this is very much a rebuild, the point is, rebuilds take time. You can't just start trading everybody all at once without considering increasing the value of the assets you have, for example if you traded Bobby Ryan... "IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW THE CURRENT STATE OF MY FRANCHISE AND MAKING KNEE JERK REACTIONARY DECISIONS BASED ON THAT CURRENT STATE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO" , then you would have to retain salary. If you were to trade everything for older players for some reason because... "WIIIINNNN NOOOOWWWWWWW" which is dumb in general, but for Ottawa that would be very poor asset management as you are trading a future to prop up a mediocre team that has no business being propped up.


THE SMALLER DUMB SENTENCE:

Yes, Ottawa's peak ambition is "we can compete for a playoff spot". That is why the team is the afterthought that they are, that doesn't interest me. But wait, trading players is immoral because they are human beings with feelings.


I don't mean to offend you, but I would recommend not including yourself in these conversations if you can't perceive the situation with a clear head, when you look for reasons to be personally offended when someone talks about trading players from a team you like. When you look for reasons to just... argue for no reason, its stubborn, closed minded and just boring, despite my saying it's hilariously pathetic it gets boring fast.

If you respond in a knee jerk "I GOOOTTTTAAAA ARRRGGUUUEEEEE" type way again, I will not respond. I assume that means this is goodbye ;)
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 26, 2017 at 5:19 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 26, 2017 at 1:41 a.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 24, 2017 at 4:20 p.m.