Originally Posted by
larrylintz
Smart Money Toews: Nada
Dumb Money Kunitz: 2 more points
I've been at this for decades, and one thing i've learned is that the buy-low, sell-high reflex often backfires because:
1. EVERYONE is aware of that game, and if the league shark is selling high everyone is wary, so you rarely get full value. And even when it works, you create bad feelings for the guy on the other end. He looks stupid and doesn't want to trade with you again.
2. Every year players fall far short of expectations, others exceed them. If you constantly trade guys off to good starts, you will consistently miss out on career years, and likely not get full value anyway because of (1). And very often the steady veteran you acquire having the slow start is performing poorly for a reason.
I would add that everyone taking Toews side would have even more strongly advocated this position a month ago. Of course, only an idiot would have offered Toews for Kunitz then. But if they did they'd have 13 more points after tonight's games.