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Keep reading how peeps are mad that some/all of TK, Sanheim, Hart, Laughton will be on the team next season...just a reminder for that crowd... Life and hockey arent like video games. You cant trade everything of value and keep playing a line-up of TBA. The result is the Coyotes, Sabres, or Senators who have taken extremely long rebuilds because they lacked structure. Some of those guys, like Laughton, are more valuable to keep around than they are traded (for a late 1st and late 2nd) for a player(s) that might not even crack the lineup (think Rubstov, Sbisa, Morin, Patrick, O'brien). A mid-late 1st rounder is not the equivalent of an established solid (to great) 3C whose a great lockerroom presence on a cost-controlled contract. Also, why so many peeps disgruntled w Torts? Far from perfect but seems okay to me

https://twitter.com/JoyOnBroad/status/1400863328789057544?s=20 "Imagine having Cale Makar on the board, telling your scouts the organizational dept on the blue line was fine, and drafting Nolan Patrick. #Hexy" For some reason can't direct paste a tweet here. Oh well

Apparently Flyers scouts informed Hextall NOT to pick Patrick and that any of Makar, EP, or Heiskanen were better picks. Hextall ignored their advice and chose Patrick.