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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Its not so much what we could do with Johnny but we had the chance to unload Tkachuk and do a mini rebuild at the draft but we could not due to Johnny. There were also some other signings we could have planned for earlier had we known.
Or if Johnny had been clear with Philly, we could have worked with them to make space and get assets back.
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I can dig it.
2022 wasn't the draft to do a rebuild. I doubt very much the Flames scouted the top guys very hard at all not having a pick.
Tkachuk likely would have returned a similar package to DeBrincat IMO. I really struggled with NJD giving up #2, but maybe if they knew that Johnny was out of the question.