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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
It annoys me to the high hilt that people cry about drafting Tkachuck, Gaudreau, and Fox like it was a complete waste. In all three cases the team got more out of the pick than what the original investment was worth. Don't pass on talent because you're scare you'll have to trade it 8 years out and that you suck at trading.
Fox is the only one who totally bitched out and if the Flames don't draft him pretty high odds that pick yields nothing
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I hope this wasn't directed at me because first of all I'm not "crying" and secondly I never said it was a complete waste.
It was however a futile attempt at building a long term competitive team because coming off their best regular season since 1989 two of our core players bolted for America.
So like I said, it's a concern and something that needs to be remedied somehow. A new arena with better player facilities will probably help. Hopefully Conroy has a plan in place, as a transplanted American, to help keep guys like that here long term so we don't have to hit the reset button prematurely.