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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The St. Louis Blues trade captain Rob Ramage and goalie Rick Wamsley for Calgary Flames rookie Brett Hull and Steve Bozek.
Ramage was 29, the Blues captain, and probably best player. And he had a better career up to that point than Gio has had (not to mention he was drafted #1 overall himself).
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Brett Hull was a scoring machine already.
There was a conversation at Flames roundtable.
Are we prepared to give up future 40 goals scorer?
And the answer was yes.
Are we prepared to give up future 50 goal scorer?
And the answer was yes.
What is Ekblad?
A prospect with zero NHL experience, and experts don't know if he is #1 or #2 or #3 dman. Not a great skater, not an offensive machine, not a shutdown guy. He does everything well, nothing great.
Evaluated as a level below S. Jones who had a good year 1 with 25pts and -23.
Gio is worth #1 + in this draft.
Ekblad could become better than Gio in about 4 years or he could be just another 2nd paring dman. Ekblad is not the savor that comes in and slots in the top 2 parings.