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Originally Posted by Bonded
I think the message is don't be impatient. It didn't make sense for them to spend a 7th overall and 11th overall pick on two players that were not locked down long term. They pulled a Hamonic trade twice.
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How many years can you be paying top dollar for your young players before you try and move forward? When you pay a guy after 3 years for 6-8 years the clock is ticking so once the Sens had paid many of their youngsters.
Ottawa targeted 2 youngish players with team control for more than the year they acquired them. Those moves make sense when a team wants to exit the rebuild and start to compete.
Hamonic is not the best example because the Flames grossly overpaid for an overrated Dman. If Hamonic was a top pairing guy that deal is vastly different. He was a disaster the year before the trade yet somehow was worth what Treliving paid.