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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Mark Stone and Giroux off the very top of my head.
And the Burke thing was absolutely foolish. The market doesn't lie at TDL. Value is what the value is. I think it's pretty unlikely that a 3rd wasn't on the table for Cammi - even if it was something like a 3rd+7th for Cammi+5th. You know who got drafted in the 3rd round that summer? Brayden Point. Now of course it's a fantasy that it would play out like that, but you can't win the lottery if you don't hold any tickets.
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Yeah at the time I remember thinking don't trade Cammi unless you get at least a 2nd.
But then you look back at that draft and Point, Sorokin, Walman, Merzlikins, Walman, Devon Toews, Arvidsson, etc all went in the 3rd and 4th round that year.
Islanders got the 3rd round pick they took Sorokin with by trading Andrew MacDonald.
Islanders drafted Toews with the 4th round pick they got for trading Mark Streit.
More kicks at the can are always better than not, and any return is generally better than nothing (to an extent).