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Originally Posted by Dion
I would have been quite happy if we had gotten a draft pick in return. One less player and salary as a cap hit. Sometimes you can find a diamond in the rough with a 6th or 7th round pick - just look at Detroits drafting history.
I like Burke's idea of this team getting bigger and tougher. It would be nice if we could return to the days of the 80's where teams feared playing in the Dome. It's going to take time patience to get us to that point and my fear is Burke is looking for quick fixes.
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I'm not sure this "quick fix" is going to do any harm to the team. We traded a bottom 6 AHL player for a 4th line NHL player who can help in the physicality department on a team that has almost none of it. But I agree, it would be nice if we at least made teams think twice about who to dress when they came to Calgary.
BTW, I really hate that example of the Red Wings finding guys in the 6th and 7th rounds that are really worth anything (I assume you mean Datsyuk and Zetterberg). It happened a couple times before everyone caught on and started scouting Europe at the same level they did. It hasn't happened since and will likely never happen again.