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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
A GM's job isn't to do what's easy.
They've made bad signings and worse trades. But when you consider the following pieces were never traded for each other:
X-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Hall-Draisaitl-X
Cogliano-Nugent-Hopkins-Eberle
X-Khaira-Gagner
Klefbom-Sekera
Nurse-Bouchard
Talbot
Dubnyk
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2016 16th overall pick
Kailer Yamamoto
It's hardly an argument against patience with a move away from the treadmill. The Oilers bleed talent for other reasons, but at least they're able to acquire it in the first place. I never called them well-managed anyways, so saying "Look North" is scapegoating a philosophy that was pretty much responsible for the success of the Penguins, Blackhawks, Capitals, and now Leafs/Jets is missing the point.
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How many of those key pieces were acquired with top 10 picks? Top 5 picks? Top 3 picks?
Arguably the thing the Flames haven't done well enough is suck?