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Originally Posted by Fischy13
So because SJ didn't capitalize properly, it's not valid? They weren't 50 goal scorers without Thornton making them that. They could have cut bait on them and flipped for massive gains, kept that cycle up. A second and Setoguchi for Heatley, who if I remember correctly then put up 50 goals. Burns also seems like a pretty good payoff for that too.
Anyways, flipping middling players propped up by a star and selling high would be a positive that the Flames haven't had the luxury of doing.
Not to mention, there might be a bigger draw to Calgary with a superstar and potential Cup team if the roster is filled out right.
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Well you said draft capital and I’m basically saying that isn’t what happened. They traded older downward trending players long after they popped, and picks, for one old downward trending asset and Burns (who was obviously a great trade). The example didn’t make sense to me.
Teams don’t trade assets that are working when they have elite players in cup win now mode.