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Originally Posted by kn
The Fan960 morning show was speculating 4th OV, 2nd round pick, and Brodie to move up to first to take Ekblad.
My first reaction, and the reaction on CP would be chaos. But, (a big but), IF Ekblad turns into a top-10 defenceman in the NHL and a perennial Norris candidate in a few years, then the trade would be worth it.
The consensus is that Ekblad is good but not great. That doesn't mean the consensus is correct or that the Flames feel the same way.
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What a stupid trade.
Trade a promising young defender, for a promising young
er defender. And add in high draft picks.
That's not proper asset management, that's a recipe for treading water indefinitely, and being a perrenial bottom feeder.
A lot of scouts have speculated lately that Ekblad doesn't have franchise dman potential, and that he's just going to be a solid top pairing guy, possibly just 2nd pairing. Brodie is already a solid 2nd pairing guy, and showing great top pairing potential.
Horrible horrible horrible trade proposal, and no way it costs that much to move up 3 spots to #1.