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Originally Posted by Tinordi
I think this is vastly oversimplifies what happened in Ottawa. How did Ottawa get Karlsson for example, well they actually traded up in the first round because y'know they identified the player they wanted and they actually kept their picks to be able to position themselves in the draft. I can't remember the last time Calgary traded up. Because we're so flippant with picks we're usually trading down to recoup a second rounder and shinning up a turd of a first round pick to compensate.
When Ottawa does trade their picks they usually go for young guys with potential. They traded their 1st for David Rundblad. They then traded Rundblad and their 2nd for Turris.
They also amass picks and turn them into better picks. They traded two seconds for Detroit's first in 2011.
When it's clear they wont contend they trade their roster players for picks as well. Fisher went for a 1st and 3rd. Kelly went for a 2nd. Rutuu went for a 6th. Campoli went for a 2nd.
This is as rebuild mode as you can get. The Flames equivalent would be to trade Cammalleri, Stempniak, Begin, Giordano for nothing but picks.
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They also kept Alfredsson
