That’s pretty obvious - no need to even state the obvious, but you can’t be that naive to think that Owen Sound will be anywhere competitive in the next 2 years.
High chance that Sam McCue gets traded this year. He’s also an 05 so he could turn pro next year if he gets signed.
at the trade deadline last year it was a massive struggle for teams to trade players 'with term'. i heard so many 04s that teams were calling about that were not on the table. i think the same will happen with 05s this year.
the only way that it happened was if they were part of a 1st round pick return (smith and mccoy), a significant overpay (ride/veccia), or a team that wanted to get the cash off the books (lavioe).
if mccue goes up it would be such an overpay that id be surprised if it would fit any of the above formats. if veccia is worth a 2,3,4, mccue is worth much more then that. which is why i dont see them moving him or anyone trading for him. certainly not london who prefers the smart stratigic moves.
with regards to george, why would owen sound move him when odds are they can get the same package next summer? its not like someone will give them 20 picks now, the price will be close to barlow/rehkopf and it will be the same return next summer.