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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Picks have established value. The price the Flames paid for Hamonic raised eyebrows around the league. It's not often you see someone who isn't a front-line star player traded for a 1st and two 2nds. We'd be laughing at the Oilers right now if they made that deal.
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lol the Oilers did it for a much worse player who they lost in the expansion draft
FFS Flames almost got a 1st for 2 months of Kris Russell...Dallas blowing it in the playoffs turned it into a 2nd.
The vast majority of the talking heads thought the Flames made a fair deal at the time. I think some people need to go look at some past draft lists. Outside the top 10 half the guys don't even become NHLers...it was a calculated risk, there is always risk.