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Originally Posted by Hackey
Vancouver gifted them Tkachuk. The Flames were super lucky there. If we land Juolevi the team is not very good.
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The only gift is that Vancouver saved the Flames from having to trade up to get Tkachuk. They had their sights set on him at the time, and were prepared to trade as high as the #3 pick to get him. Then it turned out that all the teams picking ahead of them had other (foolish) ideas, so they didn't waste the assets to make that trade.
They were getting Tkachuk either way.