1st round picks are huge now, especially 1st overall picks.
Not like in 1971.
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Canadiens Traded Ernie Hicke, 1970 first round pick (#10-Chris Oddleifson) to Golden Seals for Francois Lacombe, 1971 first round pick (#1-Guy Lafleur), cash on 1970-05-22
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The Habs even got cash!
Can you imagine if the Flames has the first overall pick in 2013 and made a trade like that!? CP would explode.
In fact in 1971, out of the 14 first round picks, 6 of them were traded away.