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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yeah that's what I was saying, maybe they explored options for players in a similar age and contract situation first - although other than Hischier there probably weren't too many of those guys that would make sense. Could have gone after Tage Thompson or Joel Eriksson Ek, but that would have been even worse.
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This is why the "Vancouver is so smart compared to Calgary with Tkachuk" discussion isn't very apt. Calgary did have a futures trade they could have made but they went for a swap, and if persented, I bet Vancouver would too. So would a lot of teams who still had the parts Calgary did at the time.