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Sudbury Wolves 2023-24 Season Thread (Part 3)
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Don’t you know who we cheer for?
Paps arriving in Sweden today to scout Pete's Beck in semi's
I’m thinking Oke does not trade with Papineau unless the offer is significantly better than the next best. So, Giroux & Hayes; or, Giroux and Smith or Punnet?
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I’d also like Kressler & Giroux, and the best 19 yr old D Taylor & picks could fetch
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No, because Oke will justifiably demand an excessive amount for players Papineau might want similar to what Oke had to pay for Stillman.
Oke can and likely will get better than Taylor
With Martin out of the equation from the Soo, Taylor may be the only 07 available. However Oke may decide he likes Walton or Villeneuve better than our 07. I think GMs, while all holding certain personal grudges, end up taking the best offer for their team, or at least what they believe to be the best offer.
"Our GM got too much for his players in a trade, he should have asked for less" is such a wild criticism. Really can't win with some of you.
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Yes Wolves got a good but fair return for a 1st round NHL draft pick 18 yo Stillman. Pete’s got him for 2 years.
Papineau successfully made Oke pay.
Oke should attempt to make Papineau pay, or trade his players for equal or greater value elsewhere.
That is not a wild criticism, it is as objective as I can be.
Every GM should aim to get the most value for their players. It's literally their job.
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I don’t think it boils down to something that simple. The Stillman/MacT deal was a two part trade. I think the problem was there was an agreement in place and after part one was completed (MacT) the deal changed and Papineau leveraged the deal in a way where Oke at that point had no choice. It was dirty pool.
If someone has the specifics of what exactly happened, it would provide better context than what I am saying but from my understanding, that is basically what happened. They were down to the wire and time was expiring. Papineau flipped the script.
In that scenario, Papineau comes out looking disingenuous. What that means is when other GM’s are talking to him they don’t know whether to trust he is being straight up and whether he will follow through with what is agreed to.
Looking like Beck is likely off to Saginaw, best case scenario for Sudbury, I don't think he was the best fit for the Wolves and now they only have to worry about him if they get to the finals.
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i bet if he wanted too papineau could have topped whatever the offer is. well see if he over valued his own guys.
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Not really, if Saginaw wins West and we win East we will have to worry about him at the Mem.Cup. Although it would have been nice, I also feel we can acquire more depth in more areas with our assets. I had predicted Beck to Saginaw sometime ago…now let’s refocus on the other amazing talent out there!!
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I just hope Papineau understands the term "all in" and doesn't half as* this trade deadline. There's really no excuses not to add another 3 or 4 key pieces to make a deep run. Hopefully he's looked at past champions like Peterborough, Hamilton, Guelph etc. to understand the concept of all in. I'm sure Papineau will do something, but prices will be high and he needs to pay up.
I don’t think we have to worry much about Beck TBH. What has he done this year at all in the league and with Team Canada ? There are other real good options to better our team !
he could do the same thing as sarnia and get beck, donovan and maybe more. obviously its not happening but he needs to go hard after donovan now.
I would go all in with Buchinger and Poitras in a mega trade or Donovan plus Roobroeck and/or Melee. I’m not sure a OA upgrade can be made this late.
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