I agree with you, and I guess I misread your original post. I thought you were disturbed by his comment.

I do think some posters think they can be a better GM than the pros. Sometimes trades are fun, but they have to be for the better of the team. Currently, this team has holes, but better to fill them in the summer. It will be fun to follow up to the draft and Free Agency.
- powerenforcer

The Hawks didn't have to make a move yesterday, unless another GM presented Stan with something just too good to pass up.

Doesn't sound like anything close to that happened, so yeah, I agree, better to address them in summer.

I like the trades Stan has made of late and hoping he continues on that route, in terms of hockey trades in the vein of Strome for Schmaltz...

NHL Teams and scouts, like all professional teams and scouts Grade players. They grade various factors to determine a players ceiling.

This idea of "selling high" is for the most part a myth. Scouts and GMS are not stunned or shocked by what a player may be producing on the ice. Every players ceiling is written on the thousands of player cards in an organizations war room.

They don't go up and down on a player, shift to shift, game to game. A player with 3 good games in a row is NOT going to net more in return in a trade than 3 games ago.

The value of a player is relative to his grade/skill set and how many other players are graded the same (supply), then of course the true value is set by the markets demand. How many people seek that skill set.

Players able to improve weaknesses and add wrinkles to their game, can increase their value, but by and large all players fall into some known category.

The fun and challenge of a GM is having to assemble and collect talent with the constraint of a budget (Salary Cap).

So the idea that Gus has more value today than when he started the season and that some how, what he has done has surprised or caught the eyes of those who grade talent is factually incorrect. He simply in most cases has fulfilled his potential.

The question is, how many other talented offensive defensemen are out there, who struggle in their own end? A little hint, there are more than the 1 we have.
- TrueGrit

I am with ya on most of your points except one: i don't recall anyone projecting gus as almost a pt/game dman; 45 pts (12 goals) in 60 games this year

indeed it was known he had offensive skills but not at that rate...

imho: hawks have a difficult decision if he continues to produce at this rate with no improvement defensively. is his risk reward worth 4 plus mil per for 4-6 years @ age 28...

What is the point of waking up tomorrow?
- TrueGrit

I guess being able to read this. Since I didn’t read it yesterday, I guess today is tomorrow.

Name one 50+ point Dman that makes less than $6mil??
- EnzoD

Morgan Rielly
Roman Yosi

I am with ya on most of your points except one: i don't recall anyone projecting gus as almost a pt/game dman; 45 pts (12 goals) in 60 games this year

indeed it was known he had offensive skills but not at that rate...

imho: hawks have a difficult decision if he continues to produce at this rate with no improvement defensively. is his risk reward worth 4 plus mil per for 4-6 years @ age 28...
- bogiedoc

Yes. And pretty sure a guy that has fullfilled his potential is worth more than a guy that is still a projection, which is what Gus was at the start of the season. He is worth way more now.

Morgan Rielly
Roman Yosi
- walleyeb1

Next contract for both will push their salary somewhere around that amount. With term.

Yes. And pretty sure a guy that has fullfilled his potential is worth more than a guy that is still a projection, which is what Gus was at the start of the season. He is worth way more now.
- hereismike1

He may actually score closer to a point per game - he has the ability to do so. Gus would be an enviable offensive weapon on a team with one good pair on defense. Or two fairly good pairs.

Manage his TOI wisely.