Advantage 2,891 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Advantage's Trade Review - Edition #1 I’ve been a General Manager in this league for now over ten seasons so I have been doing some reflecting recently as I close in on the all-time record for most seasons managed, currently held by Jason Glasser. Therefore, I wanted to look back on all of the trades I made and see how I made out historically with some of the moves. I will make this edition one I suppose, and since apparently the pajodcast is taking a long hiatus, I might be able to finish off the series in not too long. I likely won't go over any moves that were so minor they are hardly worth mentioning. I will be doing the trades in order as well, so without further ado, let’s look at my first two trades as GM of the New York Americans. Season 32 Off-Season Trade -> RIG/NYA To (S28) D - Troy Athera(S31) D - Malcolm SpudTo (S28) G - Alexander Labatte(S29) D - Austin Gow I can’t say that I will ever forget how this trade went down. I was in my first couple days as a General Manager and in need of a goaltender if I still wanted to compete. I had been talking to Victor when Mike randomly chatted me up and offered up arguably the best goaltender in the league, Alexander Labatte, in a trade. I really didn’t take him seriously but within ten minutes I was acquiring the best goaltender in the league and a depth defender for two pretty good players. When looking at this trade, all of the players did have an impact. Malcolm Spud had a solid career and Troy Athera was a pretty good player as well, but no one in this deal had even close to the impact that Labatte did. He was an elite goaltender and a future Hall of Fame player, but it helps that as a member, sterling is up there when it comes to team advice. While strictly looking at the value of this trade, I love it from my perspective, this allowed the Reign to trade for Thomas Corcoran on route to a Continental Cup victory over my New York Americans. With that being said though, after two seasons of stellar play, I traded Alexander Labatte for a Season 37 1st Round Pick that would be used to pick up sterling’s next player, Tom Slaughter. I guess you could say that both teams benefited here at the end of the day. --- Season 32 Off-Season Trade -> NYA/CGY To (S32) C - Cody InkoS33 VAS 2nd (RW Thomas Landry)S34 CGY 2nd (D Nick Becker)To (S26) D - Radislav Mjers For those that do not know, Thomas Landry started out as a New York American. The long-time Davos Dynamo captain was actually a staple as one of the best picks I ever made, and was a part of my group of trades to start my rebuild. What many may not know is that it is due to Calgary that I even had a chance to draft him. This was simply a case of Calgary trying to get better and me not needing Mjers around with Sullivan on defense. I had to cut some cap and it made sense to take it away there. Cody Inko would later be moved for more picks as I was trying to put some solid prospects in the system, but as I would find out in not too long, the best prize was the Season 33 Vasteras 2nd Round Pick that would net a future stud in Thomas Landry. While I would ship out everything I got in this trade within a few seasons, I still received some needed assets for a solid player that I believe only spent one more season in the league. Obviously as I will explain later, I wish I kept Landry as I was not anticipating that my rebuild would go as well as it did. Still, I’m pretty pleased with this trade looking back on it. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoop 3,432 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 best gm of all time Advantage 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage 2,891 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 I seriously regret trading Landry :/ I went on to pick up Tordahl a few seasons later who is in the same draft year too! The worst part is I knew he'd become legit. I just thought it was best for the rebuild. Da Trifecta 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laflamme 376 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Content:3/3- Some good trades here that you made in your GMing career. Can't wait so see the others one who did since i wasn't around the league. That is also super crazy that you have been a GM for 10 seasons. I can't to one day gm a team. Even if its VHLM. Grammar: 2/2- Looks good. Appearance: 1/1- Like the pictures you have set up. They team logos make the trades pop! Final 6/6 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,943 Posted April 20, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 20, 2015 I seriously regret trading Landry :/ I went on to pick up Tordahl a few seasons later who is in the same draft year too! The worst part is I knew he'd become legit. I just thought it was best for the rebuild. Yeah, you got some pretty crap picks for him too. Someone was saying at the time that I gave up too much. But that's for another part of this MS. This off-season was a damn good first impression and we really should have won in S33 (though I suppose Riga really should have won in S32 so it balances out). Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins 3,618 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Ego Review* Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,997 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yeah, you got some pretty crap picks for him too. Someone was saying at the time that I gave up too much. But that's for another part of this MS. This off-season was a damn good first impression and we really should have won in S33 (though I suppose Riga really should have won in S32 so it balances out). Not for me bro Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,943 Posted April 20, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 20, 2015 Not for me broYou have too many cups anyway. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-205775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,997 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 You have too many cups anyway. I need more Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-206024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Claimed Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/19250-claimedadvantages-trade-review-edition-1-final-66/#findComment-206671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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