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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Sorry I completely disagree. He traded a 1st rounder and 2 2nds for a guy that was coming off a horrible year and was only expected to be the number 4 D. The Flames were a team that used a huge streak to sneak into a wildcard spot. 3 of the 4 previous years they drafted top 10 outside of one year when they clearly were an anomaly.
Look at it from that slant it doesn’t make a lot of sense to trade that many assets when the team has not really proven they are out of the rebuild. He could have minimized the risk by protect Big the pick. If that wasn’t an option he could have moved on to someone else or perhaps targeted the scoring winger we needed.
In my opinion he took a pretty big risk and if the result is worst case scenario I do think that should be given different consideration. Surely the optics change.
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I think the real issue at hand is: would the Flames have been any better or worse if Hamonic wasn't on the team this year? I personally do not think the drop off between he and Stone in that role would have amounted to more than a point or two, at the most.
For me, if you're trading away that kind of a haul, you better be damn sure you're getting an impact player in return. A guy that makes his presence known on the scoresheet more often than naught - Dougie fits that bill and then some. Hamonic, not even close.
Tre crapped the bed big time with the deal and it will actually cost this team for years to come. Pair this with the colossal failures that are the Lazar trade and Brouwer signing and you have a GM that should be getting a standing 10 count. Time to man up and make some hockey trades Brad. No more ##### footing around.