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Originally Posted by kirant
? 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.
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 (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.
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Mostly I think Jones for a 6th is a pretty underwhelming return, and after you were able to add a couple of prospects and a couple of high draft picks, there wasn't a big need to chase underwhelming returns. If teams are not going to pay for playoff depths sellers should not hand it to them. Think about it this way Jones for a 6th - Backstrom, it's worse than the return for Tim Jackman.
Sometimes if people are not going to pay fairly you just need to cut your losses and let the player walk.
Worst move since then because their have not been allot of terrible trades in the last 3 years, bringing in Bollig or Galiardi are probably the only candidates.