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Originally Posted by Bingo
Well first off I hope they don't see 29 years as something they need to make up for as that sounds Vancouver-ish.
They spent assets to build what looks like a very good top six, and a very good top four blueline.
Other assets went to find a goaltender that can carry the mail until their goalie prospects are ready.
The issue now is the bottom half of the forward group primarily. Since they have a second core of blueliners coming along I see that as the natural progression piece of assets to gain balance.
Centers and blueliners always have more value than wingers, and the Flames are missing wingers.
It's not a baby with the bath water thing. It's a progression.
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I disagree that it’s a progression, it feels more like a misjudgement.
Almost all those picks went to get three D. This feels very much like the Sutter Flames that overloaded on D only to later publicly admit that the balance was wrong. In a good defensive system a Hamonic is a luxury not a necessity - those resources could have made a much bigger difference spent on F, especially for an org stacked with D prospects and barren on F prospects.