Draft picks are a lot like cars, more vauablue when it is sitting on the lot when no one's owns it. As soon as you own and leave the lot it loses value. It is the whole mystery box, it can be anything until it is opened.
Sure the islanders can hit a home run and get a Barzal or they can get a Dal Colle. 1st rounders are far from a sure thing, hell we have a 4th overall that isn't quite living up to expectations.
Bottom line the Flames picked up a player with 3 years of term with a lowish 3.8 cap hit. For comparison, Tatar was traded for 3 picks. He has 3 years left at 5.3 with a no trade clause. 32 points at that cap hit isnt something to write home about.
That being said, you can't keep trading picks as they typically are the best value in terms of cap hits.
Last edited by Robbob; 03-27-2018 at 10:19 PM.
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