[Royle9]

He's making moves to make his team better long term.
If he views a ledge in the top 12, then trading from 14 to 11 and only giving up a 2nd round pick to do makes sense.

Moves GM's make when they're more focused on quality vs quantity which can be cliché as its used often, but I hope the Flames do something similar to move up from 28 even if its to 20.
Yea he could wait and see how many off the board picks are made, but he's trusting his scouts and likely focused on a certain tier of players they believe to be available and likely one they really want.

I find moves like this show you a GM isn't scared to trust his scouts or make a bold move. Things I wish the Flames did in years past and what Craig can hopefully do to weaponize our CAP space.

Look at their cupboard of prospects coming up here, yea they've sucked but they knew they were going to and instead of trying to salvage it and "compete" they tore it down hoping to rebuild with top tier assets, and its coming.

Celebrini
Will Smith
Musty
Eklund
Bystedt
Edstrom
Luca Cagnoni looks promising on the defensive side.