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Originally Posted by tsquared1967
Monahan was not a gift for the Flames. If he went earlier then 6th, the Flames would have ended up with Lindholm or Jones. The Flames could have gone with Horvat or Ristolainen. 2013 draft was deep and that is why Feaster end up with 3 firsts.
Grandlund would be in the bottom 6 in the Flames lineup at a much lower cost then Brouwer.
The whole truculance thing with Burke and Treviling got them to pick Hunter Smith instead of Christian Dvorak and I am still shaking my head on that pick.
The GM and coach should start promoting players in the system instead of signing washed up players to fill a spot on this team every year and I am not talking about Jagr.
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I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make but all I was saying is that Monahan fell to us and was the obvious selection just like Bennett fell to us and was the obvious selection. I'm not going to give praise or criticize a GM for making the obvious selection.
Granlund being cheaper is really irrelevant. My point is that Granlund is a bottom 6, fringe NHL player. His loss isn't changing the fortunes of this club. He is easily replaceable. Brouwer being a poor signing is an issue in itself. My point was that if we had Granlund in the lineup we would still be the same team. His loss isn't a big deal.
The Flames management gave every opportunity to guys to make the team. Did you not follow training camp? No one stepped up their level of play to take these jobs. I guess never given always earned only applies when convenient. It's easy to say a player like Hathaway should have been on the team but Hathaway had a poor training camp. If he played like he has recently obviously he would have been on the team. He's playing great now so maybe their strategy actually worked.