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Originally Posted by dino7c
Joe Colborne had 19 goals 2 years ago when the Flames sucked
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Yep Colborne is like a 6'5 Granlund. And how valuable of an asset was he? We didn't even qualify him.
I think we did fine in the Granlund deal at the time the trade was made. Granlund was probably worth a 2nd rounder at most at the time we dealt him. Getting back a recent 1st rounder who still had NHL upside but people were skeptical about is probably worth about at 2nd rounder. Shinkaruk has disappointed but that's on Shinkaruk. The Flames knew he was a gamble, knew he was a small one-dimensional scorer that would only make the NHL if he could score at that level. So far he hasn't panned out and it doesn't look promising but it was a gamble like all draft picks are.
Crying over Granlund is pointless. He was never going to be a critical piece here. And Treliving is happy to waive, not-qualify or buyout non-critical pieces. And we actually got something back for him. If you're crying about Granlund leaving then you should be crying about Colborne and his 19 goals cause we got absolutely nothing for him. Guess what? Both guys are soft non-critical pieces on winning teams. Both guys are not worth lamenting the loss of. We have better pieces IMO.