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Originally Posted by N-E-B
Am I the only one who thinks that not having a 1st this year isn’t the end of the world? Sure the draft might be boring but it’s not going to set us back years. We didn’t trade for a rental and miss the playoffs, we traded it for three guaranteed years of a top-4 defenseman. Year one didn’t work out but who’s to say Hamonic can’t be a big part in helping us make the playoffs next year or the year after? It’s way too early and reactionary to be judging that trade, and quite frankly I’m getting sick of reading about it in every thread.
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Well. get ready for more of it. Because the casual fans are about to lift up their pitch forks and torches.
Even the Radio guys now are getting into the criticism.
Fact is, Treliving put too much pressure on the team with this trade. and it backfired. End of the day the trade is done, Hamonic is a Flame and thats that. Fine.
But it is more than fair to be critical on not protecting the first round pick in case this backfired. It wasn't and now there's a chance we will miss out on a Svechnikov, or McLeod, or a Zadina. Which is what the Flames were sorely needing....more offense!
Now the only ammo the Flames have is main roster players. If Treliving goes out and dumps a bunch of prospects while having limited picks in the next two years, it should be considered a monumental blunder. For years Sutter spend all his picks and prospects on trying to round out the roster, it didn't work then and its not gonna work now.
Think of the Bouwmeester cycle, its repeating itself.