Blueshirt Banter · Feb 23, 2017
Are Smart Rentals Even Worth It?
It’s trade deadline season, yo. In fact, we did an entire podcast on the trade deadline possibilities last night; going over Cody Franson, Kevin Shattenkirk and our biggest rumor fears. It was good. You should listen to it. That’s why this is blue.
There was some dissent on the show as I’m sure there is within the fanbase. The question of how Jeff Gorton should move forward this trade deadline hangs over the organization like a storm cloud. Will it rain? Pour? Thunder? Pass?
The way I see it, there’s five options for Gorton and company (with my analysis in italics):
Be full sellers (Not going to happen. The team is clearly a playoff team.)