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Originally Posted by dino7c
By all accounts multiple teams made the Islanders the same offer...they thought the Calgary picks were likely to be higher. Calgary paid market rate...to suggest they just gave the Islanders whatever they wanted is false. Toronto/Edmonton (maybe more) would have made the same deal...Burke has even said as much since leaving theteam.
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I think they overpaid compared to getting a player of Hamilton’s caliber and potential for the same deal. It may have been the going rate but still not worth it. More to the point I think those were too many futures to give up given the state of the farm system on the F side.