Rejoint: janv. 2019
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Hindsight, I don't think Joe Sakic and Pierre Dorion expected gold mines (Girard & Byram for COL ; Norris & Stuetzle for OTT) from shipping disgruntled Matt Duchene and Erik Karlsson to Ottwa and San Jose respectively. Obviously Sens fanbase wasn't pleased but if you look at Avs' social media posts from the time Duchene was shipped to Ottawa, Avs fans weren't pleased with return at the time.
But yeah, both trades kinda reminded the entire league how 1st round pick shouldn't be treated like spare changes and it is still possible trade could have similar outcome as trading the picks of Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton for Phil Kessel. If Pittsburgh pulls off a San Jose move in a competitive division, they will hand a lottery pick to Minnesota.