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Originally Posted by dammage79
No, it's not a poor excuse. 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 Hainifin 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 pick 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.
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Yeah there is no way to defend the Hamonic trade, it was a terrible move for long term asset management. I liked it at the time, but realize now it was a mistake and I would hope Treliving would stay away from moves like that going forward. Trading a 1st for Kuemper would be very, very similar.
The Hamilton trade at least they had control for a lengthy period of time and he was a much younger player. Looking back at it I could take it or leave it, but in the end they were able to parlay him into more young assets that are still in the fold. Hamonic though, he's gone and he didn't ever really move the needle and now we don't have the fruit from those three draft picks still ripening.