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Originally Posted by dino7c
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.
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The Oilers trade was obviously much worse as at least Treliving got an established NHL defenseman on a good contract. Oilers got nothing for those picks and to make things worse that first round pick turned into Barzal who would be 2nd in scoring on the Oilers today. At the end of the day though good organizations don't look at the Oilers for measuring sticks on anything not involving lottery balls. If anything the Islanders probably like doing business with the Alberta clubs.
Here's an article by Cullen showing that in the first round has high probability of providing 100+ games played and non playoff teams have at the very least a 1/3 chance of getting a top 6 forward or top 4 defender. There is risk but the reward is high. I could have lived with a 1st round pick and maybe 3rd going back because you are probably happy if that first turns out into a 4th defender like Hamonic but the two 2nd round picks are pretty hard to swallow.
https://www.tsn.ca/statistically-spe...value-1.786131