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Originally Posted by Bingo
Aren't you describing every GM?
You expend picks when you are competing, and acquire picks when you are falling.
The issue is the judgement of when you should go all in, and as I've said about 2 dozen times, he was wrong to bet on Gaudreau and Monahan as 2/3 of a top line.
A fairly strong majority of people on this site seemed to feel the same way at the time however.
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In my mind Treliving envisioned his future core to be from goalie out (from 2015 onwards):
Gillies Hamilton Gio Brodie Backlund Bennett Monahan and Gaudreau
The team won a series in 14-15 where Bennett looked very much on track to become the 1C. Then he traded picks to add Hamilton (same age group and perhaps the player to build around).
I think CGY has wanted to win a cup in the Gio window and that's what drove the decisions of when to go for it. I could be wrong but that's my first blush at it.