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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
So, mostly irrelevant question, but: Would you trade Monahan and the #2 overall pick next year (assuming we suck the way everyone expects) for Kessel?
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Apples and oranges. There was no way of knowing that the future 1st rounders would both be so high. I think Burke was expecting Kessel would help make them a playoff team therefore making those picks in the late teens. Also, Kessel at that time was a 21 year old budding superstar (depending on who you talk to). A slightly more comparable scenario would be if we would trade 2 future first rounders (and a 3rd) for someone like Landeskog. But it's still not a perfect comparison because even if that trade did happen, I don't think anyone would think having Landeskog would put us in the playoffs and make the traded picks in the high teens range. We would likely have top 5 picks for the next couple years with or without him, so no, I wouldn't give up those 2 picks for Landeskog. Hindsight is always 20/20, but if you look at the trade the day it happened with all the surrounding variables at the time it wasn't a bad idea. This trade is now 4 years old and has been debated to death, maybe it's time to let it die and look forward to the positives Burke will bring to the Flames.