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Originally Posted by JayP
It's different when you're comparing real players/prospects because teams can value them differently. When it's a trade of picks for picks you have to assume the value of the picks on each side are equal (especially considering they were dealing with a competent front office like Buffalo's). You can't just look at the prospects that ended up getting drafted either because neither side knows who the other intends to draft and neither side know who will be available with the later picks.
Given our situation, it's probably a good move to build depth.
But I was never questioning why the Flames did trade down. I was questioning that you can say leaving the draft with 7 picks after entering with 6 picks means we're valuing the draft (since the total value of those picks is essentially the same). If we didn't get rid of one of our original picks, we still could have traded down and gained an additional pick just the same.
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I hear what you're saying, but in this case, teh Flames were very clear on who they wanted to draft and did the deal with very clear intentions. Considering that they still got the guy they wanted with their first pick
and they managed to acquire a 2nd, I would have to give them credit for leveraging their situation and adding to their asset base with that trade.
But I do understand your point about trading picks being equal (generally).