The Shocking NHL Trade Blunders That Could Cost Contenders the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy
The case for Colorado: Based on the admittedly loose set of rules around this completely made-up award, you could argue they shouldn’t even be in the running. After all, they traded Rantanen to Carolina, and he doesn’t play there anymore. He’s not their Conned Smythe problem, any more than you’d blame the Predators or Blue Jackets for Seth Jones being a Panther.
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Except… well, this clearly isn’t that, right? The Avalanche traded a superstar that they’d drafted and developed, apparently over a relatively small amount of money, in a move that stunned some teams around the league who didn’t even know he was on the block. Then that same star showed up across the ice in the first round, and almost single-handedly ended their season just a few months later. If that kind of trade can’t land you a Conned Smythe, what are we even doing here?
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