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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
How could you forget the 1st?
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I have selective memory good sir. My point was, that Hamonic trade was seen as a big time overpayment.
Reality. Tanev is a mid 30s, oft injured defenseman, who many can't afford at full salary and likely won't re-sign. Full stop.
The market was obviously not there to get the 1st they tried holding out for, but instead, get essentially two second rounders and potentially a 3rd. Draft capital is nice, yes. But now the Flames have a chosen 2nd rounder in their system, who they identified and did their homework at the time of his draft, that is in their system and they know exactly who they have. If you're led to believe Conroy, Dallas's GM had to really bend to give him up. Regardless, we have a guy who we would have likely drafted at some point this or next year, but is already 2-3 years seasoned and will be ready closer to when we want to finally come out of this.