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Originally Posted by edslunch
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.
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But the counter-point is that it is premature to evaluate this trade solely on the basis of the results of this past season. If the Flames make some noise in the remaining two years of Hamonic's deal, suddenly this looks like a very good trade.