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Originally Posted by cannon7
It's fine if you like the trade. But don't revise history. Many posters, including myself, called it that very day: it was an overpayment.
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IMO, the problem with your post is that it was not an overpayment and I recall multiple posters breaking down the trade as a comparison to other similar deals to prove exactly that. I get nobody likes losing first round picks but I also get the fact that a pick at 20+ may not crack the lineup for 2-3 years. Ill take immediate help today over someone who enters the league as our core is finishing up their contracts. I know what an average team feels like, we in Calgary have experienced it for too long. Tre tried to take things to the next level and by all accounts, did so from his end.
Would you consider it an overpayment if that 1st rd pick was a 23rd overall pick this year who doesn't play in the league for a couple years and is never a top 6 fwd?
What if Hamonic goes on to have 3 amazing years under a different coach?