Heaton
Moderator
How do you not see the issue.
It's plain as day.
You need to do more than have your scouts investigate.
You call up people close to the Carolina organization (Aaron Ward, for example) and find out what is going on.
Maybe they tell you this is puck luck.
Maybe they tell you he's been playing with an injury he'll get taken care of in the offseason.
Maybe they tell you something worse.
Or tell you nothing.
But this trade isn't nearly as automatic is people make it out to be.
If you think it is, you deserve it if it blows up in your face.
What do you think AA's ceiling is? 30 goals? 40 goals? 80 points? If he's just a 45-55 point guy, who cares? You can find them every year.