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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
It is apples and oranges, but the Canes used a top 15 pick on Bean. Sucks to lose that for nothing particularly when the guy probably is going to be a solid young NHLer who has been blocked by their D depth. The Flames scenario would be Valimaki not getting injured and being exposed in this draft. Somewhat lucky that's not happening. Would fans be more upset to lose Gio or Valimaki?
(surprised they haven't flipped him yet to recoup something, even a 2nd round pick)
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Yes it sucks but well run teams like the Hurricanes draft well and don't trade their draft picks are always going to be more susceptible much like the Ducks last expansion draft. I assume they feel they are better off just keeping their 1st round pick than trading it for Bean. As for the Flames if Valimaki wasn't injured I assume both Tanev and Gio would be available so really not much changes for the Flames except they probably lose the better defenseman in Tanev.