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Originally Posted by SebC
Gaudreau - drafted in the 4th round
Monahan - drafted
Tkachuk - drafted
Lindholm - traded for, maybe shrewdly?
Hanifin - traded for, maybe shrewdly?
Bennett - drafted 4th overall
Backlund - drafted
Gio - signed undrafted
Andersson - drafted
Dube - drafted
Mangiapane - drafted
Brodie - drafted
What you are saying they should be doing is pretty much exactly what they've been doing, other than the Hamonic trade.
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Aside from Monahan and Bennett, each of those players have been drafted in points that you wouldn't expect a high end player to be amounted. So with the two that have been selected high, both of them haven't panned out the way you would hope.
With Bennett though, we have whole entire threads on why that may be the case, and that could go along with the misfires in the coaching depearment.
Now I'm gonna contradict myself here, but with the Hamonic trade and the initial Hamilton trade (which did end up bringing in Lindholm and Hanfin sure, but again, not impact players), draft picks were given up in those trades. Those draft picks could've turned into steals, where those players either would be the impact players this team needs, or would've been able to contribute enough that the roster as a whole is overall stronger as a whole unit.
Essentially, those trades did not work out in making the Flames a better team in the end. The results remain the same. So not giving up those development assets could've led to a better result. And during a rebuild which they were in until Tre accelerated the process, you rely on getting as much opportunities as possible to strike gold in the draft and prospects you may pick up through trades.