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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Instead of getting Cody Ceci and whoever we would have got with the 31st overall pick or the 32nd overall pick in the event that Tanev led our provincial friends to a Stanley Cup the Flames got the 62nd overall pick, Grushnikov and a conditional 3rd. I feel like CC made the right move but some Flames fans could disagree and would have rather seen him with the Oilers.
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Hard to view without emotion. You hate to see him in oilers silks but being a ufa that was a possibility. We had the cap room to take on Ceci so that’s moot.
Rationally, you take the oilers deal as you improve your draft position considerably. Emotionally, you take the Dallas deal as you don’t want to be the GM that helps the greasers raise the cup.
Tough one but was thinking about this after seeing the post this am. We could have also taken Sam o Reilly with the pick and Edmonton doesn’t have him ti trade for Howard. If grushnikov/battaglia dont amount to a hill of beans (and and someone in that oiler pick range becomes a regular nhler, then we know the right decision. But conroy would have been tarred and feathered for making a tanev deal with the oil, even if it was the superior package. Truly a no win situation.