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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Anybody who laments the Dougie trade is bitter because some of the forwards who went in that area like Connor, Barzal and Boeser all had outstanding rookie seasons and the Flames biggest weakness this past season was depth scoring, especially from the forwards.
Of course, if we had kept those picks and drafted Barzal for instance, sure the forward core would look much better, but there would be a huge hole at defense and we wouldn't have had the leading defenseman in goal scoring.
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but the team would be a ####load more entertaining to watch if they weren't the 27th worst offensive group in the league.
It's an opportunity cost situation as well as a cap situation. If the Flames weren't paying Dougie 5.75 at the cost a 1st and 2 2nds, could they have instead drafted one of those guys and signed a capable defender? Could they have drafted one of those guys, stunk the joint out next season and then done the hamonic deal?
I'm not trying to re-live the picks here, but it's hard to argue the Flames are building through the draft when they have no picks in the first three rounds this year so far, their second year in 4 where they won't be drafting in the 1st round.