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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
You do a trade like that and you will be moving players for futures for many years, probably a decade or so. Kadri is far and away the best player in the deal and eating 12 million in salary is probably worth a 1st round pick on its own. Mittelstadt has almost no value and we are throwing in a first. Severe overpayment by the Flames, 2 firsts, a second and Kadri for that is awful. Often times when youngish players suck and are far inferior to older players it is just because the younger players suck and the older players are better.
Another benefit of that deal is that the Flames add almost 9 million to their cap and that would likely make it more difficult to sign their young players to long term contracts. Just brutal all around.
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Exactly my thoughts as well, you wrote it out far better than I did.