03-16-2020, 08:59 PMGwdjohnson Wrote:

03-16-2020, 10:12 AMSpartanGibbles Wrote: I can appreciate different takes on the trade I made.

Here's my part of my reasoning to pull back the curtain. While I some of the pieces I grabbed are IA, they are roster fillers for my team while my prospects develop. I can't in good conscience tell my current players that we would try to tank. So my goal has to be to try and make the playoffs until a new core comes up. Before the trade I only had 3 active forwards on my SHL roster. Watson immediately became my third highest TPE forward even after regression. Bergen replaces another IA with almost 300 less tpe with the same cap hit. I think another thing that gets missed in some of these trades is roster management issues happening behind the scenes. I know I had a few roster spaces opening up and also had some other deals in the works. You mention Dylan coming up this season but he actually chose to leave the team in FA. With a roster shrink to 17 there are also less spots to fill overall compared to the STHS era. I think we are going to see a lot more player movement with that change.

Oh hey, sorry I missed your reply until now.

Quote:You mention Dylan coming up this season but he actually chose to leave the team in FA

Yep and I knew that as well but somehow had a brainfart and forgot at the time.

I might do another podcast either tonight or tomorrow and if I do I will address what you say at the start.

Thanks for the reply and POV, appreciate the GMs acknowledging my pod

Always glad to discuss these things. I just choose not to do so in a trade thread because people are just going to meme without knowing half the battle haha