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Originally Posted by Mike F
It's refreshing to look at a prospect list and wonder where the team is going to find room for all of those talented forwards.
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That could be a key to speeding up the rebuild. For instance let's say Johnny, Sven, Max, Granlund, Knight, Arnold etc all have great seasons next year and the flames somehow win the McDavid sweeps there are several key assets that can be used as trade bait to bring in a younger D with great potential or other players in the 22-27 range that could put the flames in the playoff conversation as soon as the 15/16 season.
Again where Edmonton has failed is developing later round picks that could be used as trade bait to land the type of players they need around the kids. They moved Pajaarvi who was still a top 10 pick to land Perron in a good move but otherwise have been forced to overpay for free agents like Ference, Pouliot, Gordon, Nikitin to come play there.