Pretty misleading IMO.
I mean, the Glencross trade was a very solid one given the state of the team at the time. Selling at the deadline because you were rebuilding, despite being in a legit playoff race took some guts for sure. Awesome trade.
But an embarrassment of riches? Hardly.
Firstly, Kylington is barely an NHL Dman at 23 years old.
Secondly, as the trade tree shows, Treliving had to add quite a lot to that 2nd round pick from the Glencross trade to get Hamilton, and then he also had to add to Hamilton to get Hanifin and Lindholm.
Nothing wrong with any of it, but it's not like the Flames used the picks from that trade to directly strike gold or something.
If they'd used the two picks from Washington to draft legit stars then that'd be more deserving of the "Embarrassment of Riches" description.
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