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Originally Posted by Jay Random
No. It's a strategic move made along the way. The Flames had nobody in the pipeline who could have done Hamilton's job (knowing, as they did, that Fox was never going to sign here), so they had to trade for it
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So they made a move to acquire Hamilton knowing that Fox would never sign here but drafted Fox a year after acquiring Hamilton. Hmm.
Acquiring an NHL player isn't the end of a rebuild. But when you trade multiple picks, sign high-profile UFAs, in order to build off the success of a 2nd round playoff finish, that's probably the end of the rebuild.