Brad took his organizations biggest strength (drafting) and consistently turned it into one of the organizations biggest weaknesses (professional scouting) by trading the picks for players who were inferior to the picks he traded. That in my mind will always be his legacy. Between 15-17 the Flames drafted 8 full time NHL players with 7 picks in the first three rounds.
His only trade that involved picks that was any good was the Hamilton trade, a trade where he was picking up a player coming off his 21 year old season. The rest of the trades involving picks were disasters for older players. Team would have been much better off staying committed to building out a team born between 93-98 and keeping the picks that were traded away. With the way the team drafted they would have likely got players at least as good as Dobson and Kyrou with those picks and potentially another good player or two.
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