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Originally Posted by Redlan
So change for the sake of change?
But to answer your questions, I would say so...
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I would move Treliving because he fundamentally does not understand that in a market like Calgary’s you build through the draft. That seems painfully obvious to me. But Brad’s draft positions cummulatively are as follows (not including the trading down to get more picks, which diminished the value of the picks he used to trade down
First Round - 6 picks (standard would be 9, he traded away 3 of those picks)
Second Round - 8 picks (traded away 1)
Third Round - 7 picks (traded away 2)
Fourth Round - 7 picks (traded away 2)
Fifth Round - 7 picks (traded away 2)
Sixth Round - 9 picks
Seventh Round - 9 picks
Only rounds he is not a negative in are the final two rounds (picks that are more difficult to trade)
In 2023 he is down two picks (a third and a fifth). In 2024 he is down two picks (a fifth and a seventh).
So he has 9 years where he is down a total of 10 picks (including 3 first round picks) and he is down an additional 4 picks in the next two years. And he is the GM of a team that historically has had a hard time attracting UFAs. But large or small market, no team in the NHL burns picks like the Flames. It is a baffling strategy.