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Originally Posted by Zethrynn
If one of those picks turned into a Hamilton caliber player would that be considered a homerun?
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Yes, and then you have a cost controlled Hamilton-esque player on their ELC instead of Hamilton at 5.75M. You can absolutely win a cup if you have this type of player.
Every cup winning team has players that drastically overplay their contracts, whether it's an ELC or just an huge out performance (On Calgary I'd say only Ferland and Tkachuk are those players).
Then you also have 2 additional 2nd rounders that could turn into something else.
Again, I'm not saying the trade was awful by any means - I think it's a reasonable trade, and there's still potential. However, the entire reasoning is that we get a seasoned Hamilton to "go for it" in the next few years - that's been a massive failure.