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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I'd rather keep our picks, add more picks/prospects and build that way.
However, I don't mind Hamilton 2015 type trades because the player is young, elite and under control for years. That trade got the Flames an asset that was later flipped for more young high end players in Lindholm and Hanifin who were both here through the Flames contention window and were part of a couple 100+ point division winning teams. They were also later flipped as rentals for a nice haul of futures.
It's the Hamonic 2017 type trades I do not want to see. If we'd had Dobson in the fold it wouldn't have stung as much when Fox forced his way out.
And I also do not want to see a single pick sent out to grab any sort of depth piece or rental piece to add to our current roster. This team is not a contender and that type of trade shouldn't happen. I suspect Conroy has no interest in doing that though.
Please trade Andersson while his value is most likely at it's highest for a juicy chunk of futures.
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I agree with most of what you said but that Hamilton trade while not terrible was probably not the right move.
The team just picked 6th in 13 and 4th in 14 and had a fluke playoff appearance in 15 and decided it was time to go all in, only to pick 6th the following year.
Treliving tried to keep going all in all those years when the team wasn't ready. If the reports are right was gunning for Bishop for Tkachuk and had a 7X7 agreed too which woul dhave been franchise crippling.
Sometimes just being patient and not allowing a good or bad year to sway you one way or the other is best and just stick to a plan which it seems this team finds is a hard thing to do.