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Originally Posted by Table 5
I wonder who the Flames would've picked if the Canucks did pick Tkachuk. Would they have gone after someone like Keller, or one of the dmen? Or would they have traded the pick for Bishop, as has been rumoured.
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given that Friedman said Bishop pretty much expected to go to Calgary and sign a 6x6 contract, I think they'd have traded the pick to Tampa. Then the Dubois pick happened and everything changed. Maybe I'm reading too much into everything, but I believe that's what happened.
Looking back at it, I don't think trading for Bishop and then drafting, say, Pascal Laberge at 35 would have set the franchise back in any way. But I'm extremely thankful and happy that the deal fell through and we walked away with Tkachuk and Elliott. Getting a potential top line winger and not tying yourself to an expensive goalie with an injury record? Hell yeah.