LeafShark
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- Feb 2, 2010
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Trades from an area of strength to address a point of weakness don't always work out well in the NHL, and often times turn out disastrously like in Edmonton. Leafs are better off rolling with what they have until the deadline, and then picking up a rental D (although arguably in this situation Gardiner would be our "in-house" rental. In the end, how the Leafs decide to handle Jake Gardiner matters more than ANYTHING else right now, because so much hinges on it.
It is difficult in today's salary cap NHL to make a trade that actually and definitively makes you much better off that carries little risk. In-house drafted and developed talent rules the day.
It is difficult in today's salary cap NHL to make a trade that actually and definitively makes you much better off that carries little risk. In-house drafted and developed talent rules the day.