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Originally Posted by jjgallow
I understand, but please note that the spots themselves are precisely the subject of the discussion
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The subject of the discussion is you whining that the Flames are hurting their future by trading away their first rounders "regularly" when really you should be saying they aren't picking the right players in your opinion and it's hurting their future. Moving down in the first round is not trading away your first rounder. You're still getting the guy you want. Not getting to pick at all is.
I don't doubt that there were players the Flames would have picked over Zary had they dropped to 19. But when the 19th pick came up he was the player they decided they wanted. Even if there were "2 or 3 guys" they had at the top of their list he was who they decided on. The five teams after that weren't going to pick him but obviously the players that were picked were wanted by multiple teams so the Flames dealt away the pick. There came a point where there were no more deals to make before Zary would have been picked so they picked him at 24.
Trying to spin it around that he wasn't the guy they wanted but they were willing to let other teams pick the player they wanted and settle on him just to get an extra pick is grasping at straws.