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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
"bleeding picks the way they do"
This is such an awful narrative. Before Treliving "bled" picks, he acquire da ton in order to be able to move them out and any time he's traded higher picks, it's almost always been for young cost controlled assets.
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No, it's not an awful narrative. Travis Hamonic was not a young player and that burned 3 assets. Hamilton trade was perfect, not the player I'd have targeted but it was a great exchange of picks. And eventually balanced out getting Hanifin and Lindholm back.
Tree spent 3 picks for 2 years of one player and will have absolutely nothing to show for it in the future. It was a terrible setback.
Yes, the pick spending is bad at the rate the Flames do it. Thankfully so far the scouts have been able to unearth some good talent with later picks but you have to use your 1sts more than once every 2 years.
IMO, if you're going to trade a 1st it should be every 3 or 4 years.