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Originally Posted by Vinny01
2013 draft is getting huge hype. If the flames were a playoff lock and the team was going to make the playoffs with ease it is a different story. We are a Kipper injury away from choosing between Jones or MacKinnon. A top 5 pick is close to a sure thing this year and top 10 is looking really solid (guys like Shinkurak, Lazar ranked there). Plus Backlund is still improving and giving up those 2 assets to get a guy who seems like a Langkow type (not a bad thing) and then pay him $4-$5m per is not what this team needs
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This. plus the chance that any non-playoff team could win the lottery.
I would much rather have Jones and MacKinnon. And I would rather have Drouin or Barkov.
Sure, it's only a chance that we get one of them. But if we did and it went to the Avs? Yikes.
And people want to give them Backlund too?
Most years, a 1st and a prospect for O'Reilly - I'm in.
THIS year, a 1st and Backlund? No fricking way.