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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
Coming from a Feaster supporter I have to disagree.
Trading a Franchise player, even if he is 35 and a UFA, for at least a first rounder is a given. Same goes for when you are trading a top pairing defenceman.
The extras in the deals should have been better, particularly the JBow one.
First rounders notwithstanding we got Berra, Cundari, Hanowski and Agostino.
Berra might become more but as of now he is a backup. Cundari is looking less and less likely to make an NHL impact for the Flames. Not enough for a top pairing dman signed to a contract the following season.
In the Iggy trade we got Hanowski, who i worry won't ever get up to NHL speed, and Agostino who is a wlidcard he has some tools but we have no idea what to expect. I'm not sure this deal was enough either but I can forgive it more so than the JBow trade.
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But all first round picks aren't created equally. In a deep draft when the expected prospect from a mid to late 1st pick is expected to be of very high quality, the secondary prospects you can expect to get back will be weaker.
In a shallow draft, like the Yakupov one, the prospects thrown in would be better because the likelyhood of getting a high quality player with the pick is lower