Calgary traded Luke Thornton and Cowboy Prout for two first round picks but still have the fourth best record

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Hey, remember that time when New York traded two first round picks to get two very good players? Playoff team, am I right? Okay, yeah I thought they would be better than they have been. I still expected Calgary to be a good team, but I thought New York would comfortably make the playoffs. They are far from being in a comfortable position right now. They are a point ahead of Los Angeles for fifth place, but the Stars have two games in hand, giving them a better point percentage. The Wranglers, who acquired those two first round picks, are looking like a lock for playoffs.

 

Calgary has a 33-15-5 record, which is fourth in the league. Making a deep run in the playoffs will be a struggle for them, with Vancouver and Chicago looking like the two best teams in the league. They'll almost definitely have to go through both of these teams in the playoffs. Could Luke Thornton and/or Cowboy Prout be the difference between the Wranglers and those teams above them? I have no idea. Regardless, I think they definitely got the better of the trade. Calgary is set for now and for the future, and New York made a trade that they shouldn't have. They shouldn't have traded for Phoenix Dawson last season either. I will stand by these opinions and I have reached the required word count for TPE.