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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
The pick that was traded for Hamilton could have turned out to be barzal. He traded 3 quality picks for him
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At the time they had Monahan who was looking good. They had Bennett who had just had a really good PO and was about to enter his rookie season. The expectation was that they had a 1C right there. And then they had Backlund, Janko (who was looking good in college) and Colborne who was still promising. They didn’t need a 1C according to plans. And Barzal has played way above his draft position so there’s no telling who they would have picked.
At the time an offensive RHS D was a perceived need. They had Gio, Brodie Wideman and not much else.