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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
The long term results of that draft and subsequent trades really is crazy.
We went into that draft weekend with a 1st, 3 2nds, 2 3rds, 5th, 6th, 7th.
Over the course of that weekend we moved 3 of those picks in the Hamilton trade + drafted 5 players with our remaining picks and now we have Hanifin, Lindholm, Andersson, Kylington, & Mangiapane to show for it.
Crazy how the events of that weekend have really shaped this roster 4 years later.
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What is really crazy is how that draft could have the Oilers as legit cup threats had they drafted Chabot at 16 and Aho at 33 instead of trading those picks for Griffin Reinhart.
The Flames could have Barzal/Chabot/Connor/Boeser as well as the 2 other seconds but the haul you speak of is still very deadly. I have mentioned this before but in any draft where we had the 15 pick and we could add 2 2nds to move up to 5 I would take that deal. 2015 was a rare draft when elite players were available in the second half of the first round.