2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by Spurly

Don’t forget, according to some on here. First round picks are essentially seconds.

Not this again…
32nd pick (1st round)
34th pick (2nd round)
Value is almost identical.

I believe this is what the late 1st = basically a 2nd round pick crowd are saying. It’s why they assign a value to each pick.
But I could be wrong!

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Not this again…
32nd pick (1st round)
34th pick (2nd round)
Value is almost identical.

I believe this is what the late 1st = basically a 2nd round pick crowd are saying. It’s why they assign a value to each pick.
But I could be wrong!

Sure but you have to draw the line somewhere

A first is a first

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Not this again…
32nd pick (1st round)
34th pick (2nd round)
Value is almost identical.

I believe this is what the late 1st = basically a 2nd round pick crowd are saying. It’s why they assign a value to each pick.
But I could be wrong!

Most teams are operating based off their lists at that point anyway. For example, Basha was a consensus late 1st round(#23-30), while Gridin was a consensus mid second round(#45-55) heading into the draft.Which is why most of CP wanted the Flames to take Basha ahead of Gridin, but he was still on the board 13 picks later.

[Sandman]

Every team has their list, and every list is very different, I’m sure.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Not this again…
32nd pick (1st round)
34th pick (2nd round)
Value is almost identical.

I believe this is what the late 1st = basically a 2nd round pick crowd are saying. It’s why they assign a value to each pick.
But I could be wrong!

The argument is still dumb imo. A contenders 2nd round pick is basically a third by the same argument and that’s what they’d get if it was a 2nd

[Geeoff]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Not this again…
32nd pick (1st round)
34th pick (2nd round)
Value is almost identical.

I believe this is what the late 1st = basically a 2nd round pick crowd are saying. It’s why they assign a value to each pick.
But I could be wrong!

unfortunately, only good teams trade for rentals for the most part and good teams have picks in the 20+s


It's not sexy on podium night but you can get players here and that's what matters to the Flames long term

[united]

The delta in expected value between 32 and 34 is the same as the delta between 112 and 208.

So the next time the Flames acquire a 7th-round pick we can cope by saying they essentially acquired a mid-3rd.

And the next time the Flames trade a mid-3rd we can cope by saying they essentially traded a 7th.

Win-win!