All this talk about bleeding picks.
Imagine a draft where we take Daniel Vlader and Nikita Zadorov in the 3rd round, and Tyler Pitlick in the 4th round. That's a home run of a draft. That's better than any later round success in any draft since Gaudreau and Brossoit in 2011.
More picks are good. Acquiring extra picks for outgoing players is great - do it as much as possible. But the reason you acquire picks is that it gives you more chances to acquire players that help the team. Well, the Flames turned 2 3rds and a 4th into 2 players that will help the team and a young goalie that has a really good chance of helping the team.
Sounds like a win IMO. But I know some fans think draft day is more important than the actual team on the ice.
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