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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
Forsberg, Grigorenko, Girgensons were drafted only a few spots ahead of the Flames original pick. If they had traded up a few spots instead of down, I think we'd all have been ecstatic with the result.
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Wasn't Girgensons picked with Calgary's pick? I would've loved the other two players but in no way was that feasible. We simply didn't have the surplus trade assets to move up in 2012. No 2nd rounder that year (not that it would be enough to trade up anyway) and a barren (but slowly improving) prospect base. At the time it probably would've cost our 1st+Sven to move up with a small + coming our way. Maybe Backlund would've got it done, but I doubt it. We were in no position to be trading up in any draft from early 2000s-2013 IMO.