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Originally Posted by moon
Such a terrible way to look at that deal with 20/20 hindsight.
The Question is at the time of the deal could you realistically think that Seguin and Hamilton were the return and the answer is no way.
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I'd think that I'm getting two picks anywhere between 5-20. Kessel isn't good enough(and was never considered) to be the difference between bottom three in a conference and the playoffs. The Leafs were regressing and acquired a good player(who Chiarelli knew wasn't close to a franchise guy) so it's easy to see that.
So would I have thought the picks were that good? No on Seguin and possibly on Hamilton(who is in that range - but slipped in the draft), but I would be confident it's not a back end first rounder and a chip that allows me flexibility now and in the future. It's done 10/10 times.