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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I wasn't assessing every move the guy has made and even acknowledged he did well as a seller. The question is whether the deadline deals were good or not and were worth the assets you moved out. The fact that you gained a 4th in the Frolik deal has absolutely nothing to do with whether spending a 4th on Forbort is a solid acquisition. Just as the inverse is true as well.
The bolded is an interesting point and I'd be interested in seeing some support for the assertion. Of course it has nothing to do with the deadline deals either. Or are you stating the Flames are deep enough in prospects that they should value draft picks less than other teams?
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I'm saying just looking at deadline deals is unfair, you need to look at the entire picture. That includes other picks recouped and other prospects added, which help give you extra capital to make deadline deals.
Edit: As for Treliving signing more NCAA and European free agents, I don't have numbers, but it seems every time there is a top free agent, we are in on it and we have been getting alot of them. Mackey, Poolman, Foo and Morrison were widely considered top NCAA Free agents. Lerby and Kinvall wereconsidered top Euro UFAs. We've also added the likes of Rittich, Zagadulin and Yelesin as well.