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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
In the last 7 drafts the Jets have had the following for picks
1st round - 7
2nd round - 4
3rd round - 5
They made the playoffs in 3 out of the 5 years where there was a full season and won two playoff rounds since 14/15. They will make the playoffs this year
Over the same time period the Flames have had the following for picks
First round - 5
2nd round - 7
3rd round - 5
They made the playoffs 3 out of the 5 years there was a full season and won the play-in last year. They won one series in that time and look like they will miss the playoffs this year.
I doubt that you could trade 3 2nd rounders for two first rounders, so one could say that the Jets held on to higher value picks, had more playoff success and have a better core going forward. Hard to say the Jets had a bunch more picks though.
In hindsight it would have been nice if Scheifele had been healthy last year because it could have been a different series and may have accelerated the changes that need to take place in Calgary. But it may not matter anyway because I suspect that any changes will be around a win now philosophy and I do not think the Flames have the assets to accomplish that and it risks selling off even more future assets to try to achieve better short term results. We will see how Zary turns out, but even last year to recoup two third rounders we basically did a version of the Jankowski trade. What this team really needs to do is what the Rangers did a couple years ago and the Flyers have done more than once and admit that this group does not have it and recoup whatever future assets it can from this roster and try to have a contender 24 months from now. However, that is not going to happen.
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Not to mention Trouba and Laine basically forced their way out and the Big Buff and Kane issues. They have been able to make lemonade out of lemons pretty consistently since they have made it backs into the league. Its a good mgmt group imo for sure.