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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It's a slippery slope though to be honest, and depends on the player you are getting, and how close to a true contender you really think you are.
Flames traded their 2010 1st, and Lombardi for Jokinen.
Seemed like the right move at the time and fortunately Gormley didn't work out for Phoenix, but Schwartz, Forbort, and Tarasenko went with the next three picks.
If Phoenix takes Tarasenko instead of Gormley I'm not sure we are happy that we missed out on 10 years of that.
You can always justify moving future picks in the moment of a playoff run, but those deals add up long term.
The Hamonic trade for example is really killing this team right now.
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It is a slippery slope. I was advocating a rebuild for much of the off-season, but this team doesn't have the appetite for one.
As for your outlook, it's a little flawed in my opinion. You are looking at a draft pick as a best case scenario. It's like if you were to trade a lottery ticket, and complain that you have traded the biggest prize.
The point is that draft picks are far from a sure thing. It's very difficult to predict who the Flames would've picked in that scenario and how that player would've developed in this organization.
For example, maybe Tarasenko would've preferred staying in Russia rather than coming to play for the Flames' AHL team. He might not have gotten opportunities on the PP or failed on the 4th line. In pro sports a lot of things have to go just right for a player to succeed. Raw talent is one of them, but opportunity, and coaching/development play a huge role.