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Originally Posted by Bingo
It's times like these that I just love the fact we do prospect rankings. So easy to discredit two players traded to the Oilers, but when you can look back to July and August and see they were ranked 11th and 17th on the prospect list it isn't a stretch to say the Flames dealt two second tier prospects for a top four dman.
I've been away all weekend so I'm sure this has been said ... but I can't for the life of me understand this from an Oilers perspective. They must really really like one of the two Calgary players because their D is thin and Smid was one of the only sure thing defenders they had.
Tanking?
But on the same day they go out and add to goaltending?
So strange.
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I am a little more forgiving to the Oilers. Personally, I think both prospects are underrated a little. I still think Horak has NHL upside, and Brossoit's trajectory is in the right direction right now.
I think we have the edge value-wise just like most of the people here, but not by the massive landslide that others do and this trade should be revisited in the future by Oiler fans.
I do think this was good asset management though, no matter how it players out in the future. We have depth at the goaltending position, and as others have mentioned, Horak was pushed down the depth chart. We filled a big need by trading assets that really do not impact us. A 27 year old former 1st round pick that is an established NHLer, for prospects drafted in mid to late rounds is beautiful asset management.