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Originally Posted by bax
That’s a bit of a pipe dream.
I can’t think of a successful rebuild where a team has traded away away any of the first round picks they acquired for established players.
Bottom line is a successful team in Calgary needs to be built through the draft. No more short cuts.
A 2027 draft picks leaves Conroy waiting 7-8 years to see a return on a Hanifin trade. That simply doesn’t hold the same value as a pick in the upcoming draft.
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It was exactly a decade ago that we were sellers. Had we gotten a 2017 pick in the top ten for a guy like Cammalleri instead of zilch in the 2014 draft (or a pick in the 20s), it might have turned out to be a name like Elias Pettersson. Imagine adding a piece like that to the 2019 or 2022 Flames teams.
The year of the pick is only on factor - it is where you project the buyer to be sitting in the standings. If a team like Tampa - with aging pieces like Stamkos and Hedman, who have a limited pipeline due to annual rentals - is offering a pick that could fall in the 4-15 range - that could end up being more beneficial than not. All it takes is a Vasilevskiy or Kucherov injury and it could be the Flames' most valuable asset in the next five years