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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Work a side deal then. It's not like Kylington was on anyone's radar at that time. He was considered a failing prospect before the expansion draft, so there was no real incentive to take him other than a gamble. If you offered Seattle a 2nd or a 3rd to take Petrovic they probably would have bit hard on that. So move Giordano for two seconds, use one (or a lesser pick) to protect Kylington, and you still profit. You're still up a 2nd round pick which is more than we got for our troubles.
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Got it. So we are now firmly in the world of make believe.
They may not have taken Kylington but the rest of the available players from the Flames would have been quite poor.
Forwards: Milan Lucic, Derek Ryan, Josh Leivo, Matthew Phillips, Byron Froese, Glenn Gawdin, Zac Rinaldo, Justin Kirkland, Brett Ritchie, Buddy Robinson and Dominik Simon
Defensemen: Mark Giordano, Michael Stone, Oliver Kylington, Nikita Nesterov and Alex Petrovic
Goaltenders: Tyler Parsons and Louis Domingue
So I guess yes that could have worked if:
- The Flames could have found a taker for Gio at 2 seconds
- The Flames could have convinced Seattle to take a chump over Kylington in exchange for a 2nd.
Given all that, seems like this is far down the list of thing BT did wrong.