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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Yeah no.
Remember 2013. Feaster tried that and it didn’t work. And look at the outcome.
Nothing wrong with nhl ready players/prospects. Bird in hand is worth more than 2 in the bush.
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Feaster was going for a 1st overall pick in his trade. He was after MacKinnon which was an untouchable pick. This is an attempt to get a pick outside the top ten… which I think could be feasible depending on the team and picks/players involved.
For example, say (post-draft lottery) the flames had
8th overall
22nd overall (from Lindholm or Hanifin trade)
26th overall (from Lindholm or Hanifin trade)
40th overall
50th overall (from Tanev trade)
54th overall pick (from Lindholm or Hanifin trade)
And say Buffalo ended up with the 12th overall pick.
I could see a trade like this working:
To Calgary: 12th overall pick
To Buffalo: 22nd overall + 26th overall + 40th overall.
Not sure if that trade favours one team more than the other but, either way, I think it has the bones to becoming a fair trade even if it is tweaked one way or the other. Again, have to find the right trade partner… and you might be able to entice a team like Buffalo by offering a player like Andersson straight up for the pick. Or the flames could take back a bad contract like Connor Clifton to sweeten the deall. This is in a scenario where a player that Calgary really covets (like Iginla, hopefully) is available at that pick.