09-13-2020, 07:43 PMdankoa Wrote: What are your thoughts on the LAP trade a season on given everything that’s happened since

If I knew what I know now, going into that trade, I wouldn't have accepted it, and that's not a slight on the players we got back. Otrebor and JT are both great locker room guys, and I have genuinely loved having them on the team, but with no cup win and no extension for Morgan I would in hindsight call it arguably my worst trade ever.

That being said, the trade is bad because Morgan left, yes. But when making the trade we had the impression that we could afford both Toner and Otrebor leaving because of how much of our core was locked in for the foreseeable future (Maybe not contractually but I'm sure you can relate as a manager when you have those few guys that it is just a given that they will re-sign with you.) We had what we thought was five defensemen locked in, as well as 7 forwards and three really talented prospects in the wings. Our roster was "locked in" to the point of we didn't feel a strong need to continue stockpiling prospects after three successful drafts stocking the cupboards.

What in hindsight made this trade hurt a lot more was the unforeseen loss of McIntyre and Tuck, purely because we don't really have a ton of assets to replace the position at this point outside of trading prospects which I am not really keen on doing, though success at the highest level is always what is most important.