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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The weird part about the order from the ownership to sell draft picks to become competitive is that it only came into effect when Brad was here. I think Darryl traded one first round pick in 9 years. And the order to be competitive and not build for the future seems to come and go. In 2015 when the Flames were in a playoff hunt ownership was fine with trading Glencross. But then they changed their mind over the coming years and ordered Brad to be competitive and not build for the future.
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He also traded 6 seconds though (if my counting is accurate).
He also traded a 1st for Cammy and then got a later one back from Tanguay - which was a downgrade I think of 8 spots.
He used the draft to re-stock the team for sure.
He also traded younger players (Dion, Kobasew, Lombardi) to try and compete.
Some of the trades he made with picks:
- 2nd for Jordan Leopold (2nd time round) who was then included for the rights to Bouw
- 1st included in the Jokinen deal (ended up being the 13th overall pick)
- 2nd included to dump Wayne Primeau (in the Stuart deal) in a deal that he got Stralman back - but then dumped him too (for a 3rd)
- 3rd for Steve Staios
- He traded a pick for Bourque but I can't find what round (though I would also say that was a very good deal)
Sutter used picks and futures to try and win now just like Brad does. And he also never got out of the 1st round after the magical run.
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I think where the ownership direction as a negative influence is not the willingness to re-build, but how long they allowed that re-build to play out. When did they set expectation for when they wanted to be in the playoffs again and compete again? How long did they assume the re-build would take? Did that POV change when the team won a round earlier than anticipated?