and we know this based on HF posters, the new NHL insiders.
Yeah... this wasn't HF posters that were sandbagging the idea of Petry. It was the Wings beat writers who are basically the organization's mouthpiece as they just go with whatever they're told.
Hell, the HF boards posters WANTED Petry or assumed that the Wings would take a run at him.
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That being said... this trade offer is embarrassingly bad. Honestly, for me, Jeff Petry ISN'T of any interest. Not for what you're trying to get for him. There is no way on Earth that I accept Jeff Petry being the centerpiece of a deal that includes both Tatar and Mantha. If I'm shipping them out (plus Sheahan, who isn't a worthless toss-in), I'm add just a bit more and getting an actual top pairing guy, not a fancier, more expensive version of Kyle Quincey.
He's a fine player and I wouldn't mind him to be a Red Wing... if he cost nothing but money or we got him for like a Johnny Boychuk price (2 2nds). I'm not shipping off a guy who almost led the team in scoring while playing 14 mins a night on the third line in addition to one of our biggest prospects and our opening night 3rd center for him.
E: I just realized I almost copied verbatim what TZE said, but I came up with it separately. That post wasn't there when I started writing mine when I double checked to make sure I wasn't completely out of my mind in calling Jeff Petry a fancy Kyle Quincey (he is, at least production-wise)