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SmoothSharky

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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.
Thread: OPENING NIGHT 21-22 NO BUCHNEVICH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Alfie11</b></div><div>He’s still not worth close to a 1st and two 2nds, or even just the 1st. Enough other teams need right shot wingers that if any of them thought he was worth a 1st the Rangers would have got one (Florida, Calgary, etc.). Clearly this was the most appealing deal Drury could find.</div></div>

Drury very much carelessly rushed to get rid of Buchnevich to get gritty players because theyre still traumatized by Tom Wilson. He APPROACHED STL Blues for the cap dump and STL Blues wow sure why not this is good for us. Regardless of the trade final value and skewed market values, it doesnt take away from the fact that Buchnevich is a top line winger. So for you or anyone to play revisionist history and say 'it doesnt matter now because he got traded for a 2nd and a 4th liner lulz' is a weak argument. It is not my perogative to predict the dumb moves GMs will do in the future. I assessed Buchnevich's ability and researched accordingly for players with similar skill and what they got in return.

I'll meet you half way though, as you could probably see in the comments section, I've agreed that if I redo the trade I would probably not include either the prospect or the 2nd round pick instead of both, and change the LHD to an RHD.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 10:46 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 2:02 a.m.
Thread: OPENING NIGHT 21-22 NO BUCHNEVICH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheBoyDuddus</b></div><div>Why would Ottawa trade all of that for Buch when they could trade less and get Reinhart?</div></div>

That's a fair question. The only thing I would've told you at the time was that I didn't think Buffalo would want to trade Reinhart within Division. Of course, that ended up not being the case but that doesn't take away that it would've made sense. Still though, I don't think the gap between Reinhart and Buchnevich is that significant, you could argue they are kind of in the same level. So Buch I believe should get you a first and a decent prospect (Admittedly, I grabbed Jarventie because i didn't recognize his name, I figured he'd be a B/C prospect). Looking back, trading Jones to Ottawa wouldnt make sense and thus negating the 2nd round pick which admittedly was high for Jones.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 1:57 a.m.
Thread: OPENING NIGHT 21-22 NO BUCHNEVICH
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Alfie11</b></div><div>I don’t think Buchnevich is fetching a top 10 pick and two early 2nds when he’s an arb-eligible RFA one year from UFA lol. Zac Jones is of no interest to Ottawa as a left shot D, we already have Chabot/Sanderson/Brannstrom as well as Mete/Kleven.</div></div>

Personally, in a market that evaluates players close to accurate. Buchnevich should definitely get a pick that high. He is easily a top 10 player in his draft, and this most recent draft has been reported to be the weakest in a while in terms of star power. Also, the fact that he is an RFA with one year left before UFA seeking a long term contract is a point for me lol. The rest of your argument is fair, looking back I probably wouldn't have added the second and tried a RHD dman instead.