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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah that trade in particular was crippling as Hamonic has been an average middle pairing defenseman at best and in retrospect not a good enough player to warrant a 1st round pick in return let alone what the Flames gave up. There's little doubt the prospect base would look considerably better with prospects of the caliber of a 1st and two 2nd round picks but when a GM is as active in the trade market as Treliving is there's bound to be a few stinkers.
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Yeah, I agree. I don't necessarily hate that we traded for Hamonic. He is a good, solid Dman and he was cost controlled which is really the main reason the trade happened. I think two second rounders would have been palatable, but to add a first rounder on top of that was waaay too much.