Originally Posted by
Instant Karma
Sure, for example if I see that my prospects for finishing near the top of my league are slim or none, I might trade one of my goalies who is doing well for a player who can better help next year. Even though odds are trading that goalie will likely sink me, I wouldn't call this "tanking".
But, I'd better be getting pretty decent player(s) back to motivate me to do that. If it was a highly unbalanced deal such as the one under discussion, I could understand where the other GMs might have an objection.