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Originally Posted by #-3
Worst trade the Flames have made since they acquired Jones.
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? How so? The Flames gave up a player it's pretty clear that they weren't going to re-sign and only had irrelevant games (in the playoff race) and took back a lottery ticket with a side chance that they get a goaltender for the remainder of the irrelevant games. They kind of need goaltending help to close out the year but I feel it's a nothing for nothing trade with the edge in Calgary's favour as they could turn their nothing into some tangible product with luck. Worst case scenario, it's garbage for garbage. Nothing really happens then. Best case scenario, the Flames walk out with 5-10 games of goaltending and an NHLer. And they surrendered a 4th line player they probably wouldn't take back anyways for the last piece of the season...so the returns sound fine given the losses.
What you say about the draft pick is true. You're close to guessing which player will make the NHL in the 6th round. However, given the choice of a possibly stabilizing force on the Flames to close out the year (however unlikely this may be) plus the chance of an NHL player out of nothing vs keeping Jones for 20 meaningless games and not bringing him back...I'm taking the former.