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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.
Thread: What Could Have Been SCARY TEAM STILL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>UpperDecker</b></div><div>On the Bickell trade and why they included Tuevo is because he basically was it as far as a prospect/player at the time. The Hawks had already set a precedent that they would trade cusp players like Tuevo when they dealt away Sharp with Johns, Campbell with Hayes. Its just an awful situation anyway you look at it. Imagine if Bickell never gets sick and still plays at that dominant power forward level that got him paid and you have Tuevo and Panarin joining the team! Monster team that has the ability to go for that 4th Cup of the Decade.

So unfortunate that illness hit Bicks and to a lesser extent the future of the Hawks as it has currently been written.</div></div>

Unfortunate is right. Sucks for him most of all. He's got a tremendous story after hockey. I'm very happy to see him ice dancing now. For real though, not a joke. Happy for the guy!

From the selfish side. It would have been nice if the Hawks doctors found this. He only played 11 games for CAR...it's not like he went on a played a bunch and then found it. It was something like 90 days...ish and then diagnosed.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25, 2021 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: What Could Have Been SCARY TEAM STILL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsFan77</b></div><div>you can also take romanov, he was the second round pick of the danault trade</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>UpperDecker</b></div><div>Thanks I did not realize that! Stings even worse. Fleishman was such a bad move. We scratched him so much and to think how much lasting impact that move had. The Hawks need D and C help more than anything and those 2 could have been the glue.</div></div>

You guys are missing the fact that Danault was TERRIBLE for the Hawks and TERRIBLE for their AHL affiliate the Ice Hogs too. I'm dead serious. Credit goes to Danault 1,000%. He got the ice time he needed (not deserved) and made FULL use of it. He's a really good player today. The trade is terrible for Bowman because FIVE years happened since the trade. Bowman was going for the cup. I'm not upset at going for another cup.

Also, every single GM in the game can have this happen to them. Point out ONLY the mistakes and say... Look what could have been??? Oh Wow! You can't look at only the bad without the good.