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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
This may be true if you give higher value to the players acquired based on their draft positions, but there's a bit more to the analysis...while the picks more/less even out, we've missed out on ELC (and potential bridge) value years
Full life cycle of #12 and #15OA picks - with lots of uncertainty
Full life cycle of four 2nd rd picks - even more uncertainty
vs.
3 yrs Hamilton (age 22-25)
6 yrs Lindholm (age 24-29)
6 yrs Hanifin (age 22-27)
3 yrs Hamonic (age 27-29)
Of course it boils down to what happens with the picks. It's nice to have recovered some of the 2nds, but they are delayed and have opened a notable gap in sustaining success (which we are just barely beginning to feel, despite a lack of success).
If the core were good, then the better certainty of the players we acquired might have been worth it. Of course it's also easy to say Hamilton = moderate win and Hamonic = big loss. I think it's better to look at things collectively...the picks from the Elliott and Smith trades should also be evaluated this way.
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And so should the picks from the Glencross (which the Flames didn't do much with), Russell (turned into Dube), Hudler (turned into Parsons and Kouz) and Baertschi (turn into Rasmus) trades. Hell, trading David Jones got the Flames Matthew Phillips (and now I know why Scorpion loves him so much). And trading Keegan Kanzig got the Flames Dustin Wolf!