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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
If you like this trade in the basis that Flames will recoup the lost picks, well I just don't think that's realistic. The Flames were buyers at the deadline this year with a playoff bubble team and I just don't see the mentality changing unless the team horribly under performs. In which case we are probably looking at a new management team who will discuss the lack of picks.
Now I will get behind the move as I love that Treliving is trying to ice the most competitive team possible and at end of the day, I'm a fan of the game on the ice. But the acquisition cost was high and the lack of high picks will have a lasting impact on the organization. You just have to hope we didn't go all in on a mediocre hand.
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It's definitely a fair sentiment, I would say we'll see the impact of not having having those picks 4-6 years down the road. With most of our core being in their early 20s we should have a fairly similar line up to what we see now. I guess it comes down to if we're good enough to compete with this core.
It's definitely a big jump from a regular influx of talent to being happy with what we have now. I hope it pays off!