When you consider what:Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:12 am You are correct. I thought that the Flames pick was 11 but it ended up as 12.
Already have said that it was a shitty trade. No idea why it is being brought up again and again in multiple threads.
The Oilers gave up for Adam Larsen
The Oilers gave up for Reinhart
The Avalanche gave up for Zadorov
The Flames gave up for headcase Hamilton
The Flames gave up for Hamonic
The Canucks gave up for Gudbranson
What the Canadians offered Alzner
Acquiring Defenceman (especially with a resume of being a former high first round pick) the premium is very high when considering how difficult it is to acquire top 4 Defenceman. This alone should excuse Benning for “trying” to eradicate a weakness (the defence) and selecting by need (Juolevi) instead of BPA, an honourable mistake considering that the last time the Canucks selected a Defenceman in the first round was Luc Bourdon 9 drafts prior and that in the 2 previous drafts wingers (Virtanen, Boeser) were selected with the Canucks 1st round picks and that heading in to the draft everyone in this town was saying we need to use the first on a Defenceman
But Blob conveniently ignores all of the above