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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Oh noes, he traded a 2nd and "equiv" 3rd (actually a 7th plus a 28 year old cap dump and Pelletier, who is now 24 and dropped in production) for 24 and 25 year old players, when we could have drafted guys who would play at 24 or 25 with those picks. And of course, you could never trade those guys for a 2nd and 3rd. 
Seriously, it was a 2nd and players Calgary didn't want for two potentially valuable assets. Calgary got overall younger with that move and gave up one meaningful pick. |
They didn’t get younger. If they didn’t make the trade and traded Kuz for the 3rd they wouldn’t have any of those guys , would have 2 more prospects , and 10 mil in extra cap room (which doesn’t really matter this year but is still real
Money and may matter in coming years )
If the lane is “build through the draft” you aren’t making the move Conroy has .
I guess the lane is get younger and hope middle 6 players break out . It may work - we’ll see
And if the plan is to trade Frost and Farabee in future years for picks ….. what was the point in the first place ? Make us just good enough to get worse picks , and push the eventual arrival of those draft picks out multiple years ?