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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I just hope that for every GM hiring in the future if the guy says he has a 9 year plan to trade half of the picks in the first 3 rounds for older assets that the Flames say "thanks but not thanks we tried that already". It was a unique approach but it did not work, I think it is best if the Flames do not do that again (and I doubt any other teams will ever try it).
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If you're going to deal picks, you should be dealing for top of the roster guys that as a result of landing on your team slot current players further down the lineup.
Colorado did this perfectly the year the won the Cup. Lehkkonen and Manson arrived and pushed guys out of their top 6 and into the bottom of the roster, making their team extremely deep, and it cost them the same amount of picks Treliving spent on Joel Edmundson and Lyubushkin this season.
Vegas did this as well by acquiring Hanifin and Hertl. It didn't work out for them this season but those players are there long term and they can try for multiple years with a talented top 6 forward and top 4 defensemen.