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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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I don't know how picks have established value particularly in the lottery era. You have several unknowns that will dramatically change the value
- Where the Flames finish in the standings
- What the pick ends up being
So really the value ends up being some sense of the predicted finish for the Flames combined with the relative odds of where they would pick based on that finish - combined with the odds of getting players of various quality at that pick.
I don't think the trade raised eye brows. If i recall it was considered to be fair value.
I'm not in love with the deal. I generally believe teams should hang on to their firsts with an iron grip. But as an asset weak franchise it was currency BT had to peddle. The Flames likely overpaid in that they were the team willing to pony up the asking price, but I also strongly believe that if they didn't - they would not have gotten the player.
You can debate whether or not they should have walked away rather than pay that price, but for a guy with established strong performance, on the right side of 30, signed to a good contract - the price makes sense to me.