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Originally Posted by Dagger
Why not try and slap protection on the picks? Offering a third this year for a deferred pick(say top 5 protected) is something I'm sure Boston would have taken if Chiarelli projected a similar standing to the above.
The problem with trading those picks for Kessel, even if it wasn't the deal itself, is that they had little to no assets to go out and really improve the club. Adding one guy, especially possessing only one dimension will not drastically improve the team. Waning goaltending was never addressed properly and it's why they took so long to get where they are now, and why whiffing on getting a goalie by mortgaging the future(see Raycroft in TO and Varlamov in WSH) never works. Burke half assed that rebuild.
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You might be right with the first part and are 100% right with the last line. I think Burke was right in thinking his team was not going to be a bottom 5 team that year. It didn't work out.
I don't think Burke is the be all and end all just think he gets way too much crap for that one deal,