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Originally Posted by Armchair Quarterback
Voted "Rather have the picks", and I still stand by that decision. You don't build a championship team through big money signings, that's how you get to country club 2.0. Big signings of players from crappy Eastern teams...hmm where have we seen this before? Lol.
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I get it you are comparing Hamilton to Bouwmeester. The thing is the Bruins were a 94pt team that barely missed the playoffs. The year before they won the Presidents trophy and the year before that lost in the SCF. Dougie played on all 3 of those teams and that was the environment he was developed in.
Name 1 championship team that was built entirely through the draft. The Hawks signed Hossa, the Kings traded for Richards, Carter, Gaborik, the Bruins signed Chara, Thomas.
The Flames had drafted Brodie, Monahan, Bennett, Gaudreau that are core players for the next decade. The team was missing a Dman in a similar age bracket. To draft and develop a top 4 D usually takes 3-5 years u less you are picking top 3.
Treliving finally capitalized on the cap space and assets he had to land a player that was already 4 years post draft with promising skills and results. He has struggled to date but for the Flames to find out if they lost this trade might take 5+ years and if that is the case it makes sense they pulled the deal off