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Originally Posted by Jay Random
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.
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Teams almost never trade away top 5 picks so that's a massive assumption on your part. And assuming the Flames just magically knew the exact draft order with certainty is another massive assumption.