I know it isn't the common thought on this board but I still have little issues with trading the picks for Hamonic. I truly believe he had one of his worst years last year and this time next year, while fighting it out in the playoffs, we will look back at who the flames would have drafted 12th overall* and how likely it is that person is not nearly the impact player that Hamonic is. We saw Hamonic play pissed off near the end of the year before his injury and I think that is the Hamonic that shows up in the playoffs.
Even more so to Trelivings argument is the fact we should have never been looking at a lottery pick and the player they would have got may never turn out to be more than a third line player.
I am sure there are those hoping the isles win the lottery with our pick to point more fingers at Tre but pretend you are in the boardroom before making that trade. You run the numbers and are convinced you are a playoff team...the trade makes perfect sense. Even if you aren't a playoff team but just on the outside, the odds of moving up in the lottery are so low that it still makes sense to bring in Hamonic. As it turns out, all of the worst case scenarios are playing out but it is way to early to tell who won or lost that trade. Let's see who the Isles get and what they become.
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