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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I tend to agree. It's not a huge deal and isn't worth worrying about, but I also think it was an overpayment. People say that you only have a small percent of getting a decent NHLer with a 3rd, but when you trade the 3rd for a below average player, you then have a zero percent chance.
That's a little OT though. As for not trading Cammy, I agree with holding onto him if teams were lowballing for the reasons mentioned. Reputation is very important and we don't want to look like pushovers. It is really too bad that Cammy was hot after the deadline though. If that had happened earlier, I think we could have gotten a late 1st. Having said that, I sure did like watching him closeout the season with the Flames. I think some of our young players liked having him around and were enjoying themselves more because he was there.
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Your logic doesn't exactly make sense. If a small percentage of 3rd round picks ever become NHL players wouldn't trading for a player who has shown they can play in the NHL a win? There is a low chance the 3rd will ever play but we are getting a player who is pretty much guaranteed to play. There is a chance the player drafted could be better than Bollig but there is also a chance the player will never play a game in the NHL. As it stands now were kind of hedging our bets with the odds as opposed to against them.