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Originally Posted by monkeyman
There's a huge difference between drafting, where you rely on your scouts and actually watching guys, either on your own team or on other teams and making trades based on what you see. BT can do the first just fine, it's the latter I'm worried about. show me one trade where he was able to trade for a lesser knowing prospect or player that's blossomed? I can point to a few he's either traded away or lost through waivers to other teams.
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Acquiring a lesser known prospect from another team and having them blossom is a long shot. Most NHL hockey ops departments know what they're doing.
Just because the Flames haven't acquired some other teams trash and turned it into treasure, doesn't mean that it can't or won't happen at some point.
Which prospects have the Flames moved who have turned out well? Sure Byron is one; but who else Barestchi, maybe? Geanlund? Whose spots were those guys taking from the Flames at the time?