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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Kind of like that 14/15 Flames run.
Traded a 1st and 2 2nds at the draft for Hamilton, which wasn't a bad move but we picked 6th the following season, and followed it up with trading a 1st and 2 2nds for Travis Hamonic at the next draft and we proceeded to miss the playoffs again.
We shouldn't entertain any trades until our dream #1C is on the roster.
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The Hamilton trade was excellent as they got a 1st pairing and power play defenseman that was 22 years old and not yet in his prime. The benefit was they could still move on from him a handful of years later and fetched a better return than what they originally paid to acquire him. This was when everything was going Treliving's way on the trade front. Unfortunately things unravelled for Treliving after the Hamonic trade and some really poor UFA signings.