Seven0two
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- Apr 17, 2018
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I think people here are getting too hung up on Glass being the "hold up" on this deal, when he was just one piece (of many) that VGK had the biggest problem with. The deal as rumored at the time was Glass/ Suzuki plus Tuch/ Theodore plus two firsts, for Karlsson and Ryan. I'm not going to make a case that Karlsson isn't worth that, but when you consider the organizational depth of a first year franchise you are really going all in and mortgaging the entire future for what could amount to a year and a half window. It's easy in retrospect to think that not making the move was a bad call, but at the time no one really thought Vegas would go to the Cup Final.
As for the Tatar deal, it was a huge overpay and possibly a panic move after failing on the Karlsson deal. The idea was that even if Tatar wasn't a huge contributor this season, he would be top 6 "insurance" for potentially losing Neal and/ or Perron in the off-season. Still, the idea of revisiting the Karlsson trade at this point is severely hampered by the picks that were given up to acquire Tatar and I find that to be to bigger issue in regards to how the deadline panned out.
As for the Tatar deal, it was a huge overpay and possibly a panic move after failing on the Karlsson deal. The idea was that even if Tatar wasn't a huge contributor this season, he would be top 6 "insurance" for potentially losing Neal and/ or Perron in the off-season. Still, the idea of revisiting the Karlsson trade at this point is severely hampered by the picks that were given up to acquire Tatar and I find that to be to bigger issue in regards to how the deadline panned out.