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Originally Posted by Vinny01
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.
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Hamonic was the deal you make when you are one piece away from being a legitimate favorite to win. It wouldn’t have worked out because he wasn’t as good as that price commands, but it’s an understandable risk when you are one piece away. It just feels like the flames feel they are that close, but the only thing we are one piece away from is being a slightly better mediocre team.