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Mr Positive said:
Then you would get no assets in return, and worse value of your draft picks, since selling the goalie is the best way to tank. Imo there must be a deal out there where both sides are happy
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I have no interest in tanking anymore, and based on everything we have heard from management, neither does Utah. Unless it’s a first, or an offer too good to pass up, keep him. If he walks, he walks.
 
Jormungandr said:
I have no interest in tanking anymore, and based on everything we have heard from management, neither does Utah. Unless it’s a first, or an offer too good to pass up, keep him. If he walks, he walks.
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Tanking for this season doesn't have to have long term consequences. There have been teams who had a one-off awful season with a top 5 pick and then snap right back into playoffs. I don't know what Utah's management has said, but I'm willing to bet that they have no interest in a rebuild, but tanking for March and April might be okay.

If you get a top 5 pick out of this season or won the lottery, heck, imagine the win-now assets you'd get if you put it up for sale to the highest bidder
 
Jormungandr said:
I have no interest in tanking anymore, and based on everything we have heard from management, neither does Utah. Unless it’s a first, or an offer too good to pass up, keep him. If he walks, he walks.
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It isn't really tanking to sell off your UFA assets if your team isn't in the playoff hunt, but that's just semantics I guess. Teams should be selling UFA's that they aren't going to re-sign if they aren't going to make the playoffs. It's just smart asset management. Something is better than nothing. If they plan on re-signing him, then obviously they won't trade him, and if they plan on making a push for the playoffs, then trading him wouldn't make any sense either, but Utah is 6 points back and have to pass two teams to get back into a playoff spot. Even with a lot of picks, it doesn't make sense for a non-playoff team to just let UFA assets walk away for nothing, but if Utah management thinks they can pull together a hot streak and pass Calgary and Vancouver, then it makes sense to keep him.
 
ManofSteel55 said:
It isn't really tanking to sell off your UFA assets if your team isn't in the playoff hunt, but that's just semantics I guess. Teams should be selling UFA's that they aren't going to re-sign if they aren't going to make the playoffs. It's just smart asset management. Something is better than nothing. If they plan on re-signing him, then obviously they won't trade him, and if they plan on making a push for the playoffs, then trading him wouldn't make any sense either, but Utah is 6 points back and have to pass two teams to get back into a playoff spot. Even with a lot of picks, it doesn't make sense for a non-playoff team to just let UFA assets walk away for nothing, but if Utah management thinks they can pull together a hot streak and pass Calgary and Vancouver, then it makes sense to keep him.
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Meh, I agree and don't agree. GMs also have a lot of pride and play favourites. If EDM or anyone else isn't giving a fair offer/fitting their needs, it doesn't make sense for Utah to give him away just to give him away for someone else's benefit. Draft picks have some value but they have less value the more one team has. There's also a chance Armstrong would rather see another team win instead of increasing Edmonton's chances just for the sake of it.

But Demko seems to be out long term again and there's not much of a race in the West. A struggling franchise in a new location values a playoff push more than a meh return on a UFA goalie IMO
 
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