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Originally Posted by Vinny01

I always had this assumption that there was a deal to be made between the Flames and Yotes that draft day that would have sent Hamilton to Arizona for the 5th pick which the Flames would have used to draft Brady Tkachuk. Once Ottawa took Tkachuk at 4 the Flames-Yotes deal fell apart and then Chayka went ahead and drafted Hayton.

I could obviously be wrong but that is a theory I have had for a little while.

There were a lot of rumors at that draft the Canucks would trade their pick for Hanifin but Hughes slipped down the draft a bit and that killed the deal. The Flames and Canes then came together on the blockbuster.

Had those original deals went through I wonder if there would still have been an appetite for a Ferland+Fox for Lindholm deal?

Interesting take