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Jables16 · 07-14-2014, 11:51 AM

[QUOTE=theoforever;4845975]The question is, did Treliving overpay for a 4th line player? And the answer is that he did. So, the perception from this would be that Flames value big players and are willing to overpay. As for the % chances, we all know what they are, and we also know you can get Johnny with a 4th rounder.[/QUOTE]

The only bad thing about drafting Gaudreau in the fourth round is that now everytime we trade away a 3-7th round pick, someone will inevitably say "Oh GREAT! That could've been the next Gaudreau!" I predict this will be the next "Jankowski Rule" in terms of its inevitable inclusion in most threads.

I'm not saying that it's an incredible trade or that he couldn't have possibly been had for a later pick or less, just that the hysteria over trading a third round pick verges on comical. It's simply not a high percentage chance that the pick will become anything of consequence. I'm guessing they felt comfortable trading a third rounder since we had a top 5 first, two seconds, and a third already and saw an opportunity to add size and TRUCULENCE.

07-14-2014, 11:51 AM	#97
Jables16 Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Nov 2007 Exp:	[QUOTE=theoforever;4845975]The question is, did Treliving overpay for a 4th line player? And the answer is that he did. So, the perception from this would be that Flames value big players and are willing to overpay. As for the % chances, we all know what they are, and we also know you can get Johnny with a 4th rounder.[/QUOTE] The only bad thing about drafting Gaudreau in the fourth round is that now everytime we trade away a 3-7th round pick, someone will inevitably say "Oh GREAT! That could've been the next Gaudreau!" I predict this will be the next "Jankowski Rule" in terms of its inevitable inclusion in most threads. I'm not saying that it's an incredible trade or that he couldn't have possibly been had for a later pick or less, just that the hysteria over trading a third round pick verges on comical. It's simply not a high percentage chance that the pick will become anything of consequence. I'm guessing they felt comfortable trading a third rounder since we had a top 5 first, two seconds, and a third already and saw an opportunity to add size and TRUCULENCE. __________________ "If the oceans was whiskey and I was a duck, I'd swim to the bottom and never come up, but the oceans ain't whiskey, and I ain't no duck, so I'll play the Jack of Diamonds and toast to my luck..."