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Originally Posted by BigThief
Do you think Frost has a similar ceiling to Marvei Gridin?
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The Flames have never targeted a player instead of a first round pick though. I know it was Gio’s example but I don’t think Frost is a good one, that was a hockey trade where Conroy saw he could give up very little for two young distressed assets.
A better example would be Newhook. He was traded for a 31st overall pick (gulyayev) and a 37th overall pick (Gauthier). I would say that at the time of the trade the 22 year old Newhook had the same ceiling as the picks he was traded for.
Hughes made the same call with Dach for the 7th overall (Nazar) and a 3rd.
It is actually the Habs that have sold off picks for prospects more than the Flames. But they have two “rebuilding/tanking” trades where they traded younger assets for slightly older assets.