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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Acquiring superstars drafted in the top 10 of the draft is poor asset management and cap management. It should be the exception, not the rule. It’s far more expensive to acquire those players and pay them at their peak value than it is to draft and develop them.
Also, we keep going back and comparing ourselves to Vegas, who was sitting on an all-time embarrassment of riches thanks to an expansion draft for the ages. They could absorb paying all the assets for Eichel because they had young players coming, not to mention being the top free agent destination in the league.
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How is acquiring superstars poor asset management? That should be the goal of any big trade. Whether it's a good move out not depends what you give up for them. Acquiring Lindholm and Hanifin was a brilliant move. If the Flames could do that 2-3 more time we would be Vegas.