(12-08-2025, 05:23 PM)F Gump Wrote: I don't think this is true. Putting an artificial deadline on yourself, forcing yourself into a corner, is the perfect recipe for getting screwed in a trade. (See Harrison, N, re Luka.) The deadline should be whenever the high value (plus more) suitor comes calling. There is availability, but only AD to be had, with no clearance sale looming.
If Dumont will find a way to get Presti, then we'll be good. Presti gets it. He always is willing to deal, and provide you what you want - but it has to be at HIS price. That's the posture that must be created. Once Lindsey was gone, Nico never understood it.
It's being realistic. If they can't find a decent trade for him this TDL or the offseason the odds of finding a better one later when he is a year or more older is slim. It also means they will have to manage his cap hit for next season as well as address the extension.
Presti is great but I don't think there is any chance. I realize these owners are super rich, but so are a lot of owners and there has been no hint of Presti being money whipped to go somewhere else. There also hasn't been any evidence Dumont is interested in spending that kind of money. The fact that he skimped on the playoff bonuses is not a good sign.
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