[jayswin]

Originally Posted by BigThief

Joe Thornton had already had a 100 point season, he was PPG the year before, and had 33 points in 23 games at the time of the trade. He wasn't being mishandled by the Bruins, they just lost their mind and decided to trade him. Months later Joe won the Hart Trophy with San Jose and GM O'Connell was fired.

No one is saying you can't trade for a top line center, it happens, but the best most consistant way to do that is to draft high. Draft draft draft. Why have some of you forgotten that amidst a tiny four game winning streak. Drafting and developing is the most consistant form of building a winner in this league. Teams do it other ways but not as often.

I'm not against Calgary trading for a potential top line centre if one is out there, but I don't see it, and I'd rather we stay the course on this rebuild since we're literally in the first steps of it.

This 100%.