Lil Sebastian Cossa
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- Jul 6, 2012
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Which is why the general manager of a team is paid to determine when a window of contention has ended, and ideally get something in exchange for any remaining assets while they still have value.
I know all this is probably moot, since it would hinge on Zetterberg wanting to be traded in the first place, but it's still been incredibly frustrating - and a giant waste of an opportunity - to see everything falling apart in slow motion for so long, and a couple of 2nd/3rd rounders is all they have to show for it (thus far).
Until he doesn't get enough for a legend like Z and the average fan (who is already flagging in interest towards this team) sees that we dealt a star for Riley Sheahan and Kerby Rychel (#20-30 first and a decent prospect). Because I remember Frk It's data saying that Sheahan was actually a pretty successful late first.
Z will not draw anywhere close to what he is worth on the market and when the most likely return is an alright 3C and a lottery ticket on an okay prospect who probably has second line upside, I'd much rather keep him and his 60-70 points and ability to verbally knock some sense into a Larkin, AA, or Mantha or allow them the success to build their confidence to take over for him.
Your frustration should be with holding onto and giving awful deals to Abby, Helm, Ericsson, etc. Not with them not moving a face of the franchise, superstar in the limelight of his career for a couple of kinda shoddy magic beans. I mean, you're not pulling a lottery pick, let alone a lottery pick + anything from 37-40 year old Zetterberg at 6M cap hit.
Find me a top ten pick and a bluechip prospect and I'm interested in moving Z. For what he'll actually draw as a 37 year old owed 6M for 4 more years and we're still on the hook for 3-5M for an empty roster space if he quits early... I have negative interest in moving him.
And while you and a growing subset of fans might be alright with tossing even a stud like Z into the blender to see if you can pull out something younger and better... a vast majority of those who feed the Wings money making machine would demand something worthy of their time to move a player like Z. Not "a remote chance to be something good" or "we need five years to see if they're any good".