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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The problem isn't just squandering picks, the problem is that the Flames were asset poor to begin with and need a solid 2-3 seasons of pick accumulation just to get to even par.
They weren't dealing surplus picks to get an advantage, they were spending picks they didn't have to spend to try to get to 8th place.
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Were they?
2013 - 3 x 1st round
2014 - 1x 1st round and 2x 2nd
2015 - 2x 2nd
2016 - 1x 1st round and 2x 2nd
4 drafts before they started trading either their 1st or 2nd they had drafted in the top 2 Rounds 11 times or nearly 3 times per draft.
Lazar was a brutal trade but it was a 2nd for a guy that was a 22 year old 1st rounder. The Stone trade was critical to making the playoffs in 2017. The Hamonic trade was a misread in 2 ways. First how good of a player Hamonic is and second how good that Flames team was.