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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Trading for one is going to be expensive teams don’t usually ship guys like that away. I don’t think this team is that position to part with picks and assets when the guy we get won’t be surrounded by a lot of talent and prime years go to waste.
We really just need to draft and develop.
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You might reliably draft and develop quality forwards like Backlund, Pelletier and Coronato with mid to late first round picks, but doing so with a true high end offensive talent is next to impossible unless you're picking in the top 5 of the draft.
For every Tage Thompson there are hundreds of whiffs so I don't see how this can be a logical path for the Flames to take in order to land a true elite young center.
This team needs to jettison Hanifin, Tanev and possibly Markstrom asap to truly plummet down the standings and hope to draft one of the top 3 or 4 forwards that might just be a cornerstone to build around. That combined with the assets returned in those deals will set this team up for the future quite well.