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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
To Fiala? Bennett is probably close. Less productive / less skill but more useful in a third line role.
To Hartman and a Nashville 4th? Maybe Mangiapane and a first, and Philly adds a 3rd? Might not even need Mangiapane there, honestly. Or you make Dube part of a deal that requires Philly to add something else.
But my valuation of various players isn't the point. The point is that you don't need a second round pick to compete with these offers. There are other things you can put together, particularly when later picks can be flipped for earlier ones to adjust the value as the parties see fit.
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You don't need a second round pick but it sure does help.
More to the point, the Flames had a certain number of valuable assets that they likely, or actually stated they wouldn't move for a rental: including the 1st, but I also suspect Valimaki, Kylington, Andersson and Dube
They then had a bunch of other assets that likely don't get the deal done: basically Eat Bread and the rest of the second tier prospects.
You can argue that they should have coughed up Dube for a guy like Simmonds, but to me it was clear they weren't going to do that.
The lack of a second, or equivalent prospect meant they were either going to have to give up something they didn't want to, or not get a deal done.
They chose the latter.