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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
That really has nothing to do with our current management though.
Flash's agenda has always been to crap all over the team, it's management and it's fans as though where it's at now is no different than it's entire history.
As mentioned, it's outright obtuse to count the number of draft picks between the Bruins and Flames in the last three years like it makes a point while conveniently leaving out the +/- 3 selections from the Flames that has now turned into two top five picks turned successful roster players in Lindholm and Hanafin.
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Owners set the pace. They made it clear in the mid 2000s that they were ok with a strategy that sold the picks. Although GMs have autonomy within the framework, owners sanction their moves implicitly through their continued employment (or eventual firing).
And I don't think Flash is being obtuse. Even the Flames draft picks that were sent off for Lindholm and Hanafin were only possible because... the Flames kept their draft picks at the time.
His message isn't some absolutist "never ever trade picks for anything!" On the contrary, historically the Flames have been insufficiently stringent in giving picks away and that needed (needs?) a course correction. I'd argue our biggest weakness in the 2000s has been a lack of participation in the higher rounds of the draft and a romance with trading our picks for reclamation projects from other teams. The latter is especially problematic because it tends to engage some sunk cost fallacy where the team tries hard to show they didn't make a mistake, setting us back unnecessarily.