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Originally Posted by stemit14
This has to be the most stringent offseason I can ever remember… from all teams. Very few trades and very few big contracts handed out. No trades in the first round at the draft.
Very bad luck for offseason conditions like that to occur when the flames are prepared to move quality players whose contracts aren’t even that high for what they bring.
Obviously hindsight is 20/20 but to think how ahead the flames could be now if they fully committed to a rebuild last offseason going into the Bedard draft. Could have had at least 4 first round picks in the 2023 draft plus some A-level prospects if they decided to trade Tkachuk/Lindholm/Backlund/Hanifin/Toffoli for futures. And it’s likely their own pick would have been in the top ten. They also would not have signed Kadri so they would have another pick in 2024/2025 because Monahan would not have needed to be traded.
Obviously it’s crying over spilled milk. I was prepared to enter a rebuild when a Gaudreau left and Tkachuk wanted out. When the Tkachuk trade ended up being a re-tool trade for Huberdeau and Weegar I was excited for the season and thought we could still go for it.
Who knows what the season will bring I guess. Seems like the flames usually do better when they are written off by most people. They could surprise a lot of teams with bounce-backs from a few guys.
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At least four???
How? From who? In any given year there are only so many first round picks available. It’s market economics, is it not? If the Flames flooded to market with all those players, your bargaining position is actually weakened.
As an example, both Chykrum and Hronek went for first round picks last year. Which other team would have offered up a first for, say, Hanifin? You’re likely looking at a pool of 5, maybe?
To do that an additional 3 times seems like a pipe dream. There were other players on the market and the more players there are on the market with a limited buying pool, the less return you’re going to get. Factor in a flat cap and one of the best/deepest drafts in recent memory, the scenario you’re laying out seems entirely unrealistic.