Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but I feel like Tre had similar comments about keeping Dougie Hamilton going into that year's draft, and that he was a phenomenal player, etc. and then soon after we got that blockbuster trade with Carolina.
I might be totally out to lunch, but I'm expecting something to happen today/tomorrow in terms of getting a first rounder or making a splash with a trade. Tre will always say the right things in the media, but this doesn't feel like a draft where we can just sit on his hands and hope for the best.
If we sign both JG and MT and Tre works his magic with Lucic and/or Monahan to clear space then I'm totally on board with running it back next year as others have said. But if he's getting the indication that one or neither of JG or Tkachuk are on board with the Flames plans, then I hope we see a trade for NJ's 2nd overall ++
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