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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Yeah, Tampa doesn’t win these cups without Hedman. He’s a top-3 defenceman in the league.
Brad got two 2nd for a 4th overall pick who has become a 2nd line centre for one of the best teams in the league because we mis-used him and destroyed his value. Yzerman in comparison, traded Jonathan Drouin for Sergachev before Drouin’s value dropped.
You have to build the foundation of your team through the top of the draft, and then you need to be one of the best drafting and managed teams in the league on top of that foundation.
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The Bennett situation was grossly mishandled. The reason the Flames held on too long is because I think they knew this was the player they had (the one playing well in Florida).
Drouin requested a trade just like Bennett don’t forget that. Yzerman maybe would have held on longer but he pulled the same move that got Bennett out of Calgary. Maybe if Sam requested a trade at 22 the Flames would have done better? I think if we want to point fingers at Brad on this one it is his fault for rushing him and also his fault for the bad coaching hires which are indefensible
The Flames went to the second round on the back of a 21 year old who had flashes of generational talent and a 20 year old who hit 30 goals as a sophomore. I think there was a belief that this was Kane+Toews 2.0 and there was a window to win right away hence the Hamilton trade, Frolik signing l, Gio extension etc. By the time Tkachuk was drafted the star players were on their second contracts and the push to win was on rightly or wrongly.
I thought Brad had reset the rebuild a little when he made the Hurricanes trade as it removed 25 and 26 year olds for 21 and 23. Looked like it worked until the playoffs.