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Originally Posted by kehatch
The first is in 2027 and the second is in 2028. That hurts the value a fair bit. We will hopefully see what Whitecloud is worth, but I agree you probably get a second, assuming the Flames even trade him. I dont know enough about Wiebe, but in terms of value I don't think he is worth much, but hopefully I am wrong. The Flames used a retention spot to make the cap work, so it wasn't just Andersson going out.
It was decent value for a rental. The issue is he should have been traded a long time ago. The Flames keep holding on to players too long to try and stay competitive. It hurts the value of the trade, and it keeps us just good enough to get a middling pick.
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This idea that a pick in the future is worth less than a pick today is hogwash. People often try to equate it to the time value of money, but they are not at all alike. There is a real time value of money, because inflation erodes purchasing power. So a dollar tomorrow is worth less than a dollar today.
As for picks, every team drafts every year. There are only so many players available to be drafted each year, and some years have stronger draft pools than other years. Because of that, there is value in spreading picks over multiple years.
And specifically to 2027, it appears that it might be a deeper draft than 2026, and it is definitely stronger at C. So not only are the picks
not less valuable, they might turn out to be
more valuable.
Regarding waiting too long, it appears that the return was better than what they were seeing the prior year, so that would suggest that they did not wait too long, and actually improved the return by being patient.