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The Calgary Flames have acquired Travis Hamonic, and a 4th round pick, from the New York Islanders in exchange for a 1st and two 2nd round picks.

Rest of Hamonic deal: believe Isles get a 1st RD pick, two 2nd RD picks while Flames also get a 4th RD pick back

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 24, 2017

That is certainly a lot to give up -- I'm not a fan of the price -- but the Flames do have a stocked prospect cupboard so they are better equipped to deal with a pick shortage than many teams.

Hamonic is coming off a down season by his standards but he was playing through injuries for much of the year so there's reason to believe he'll bounce back.

The 26-year-old will be a nice complement to T.J. Brodie on the 2nd pairing and should really help solidify the top-4.

Hamonic has three years remaining on his contract at a very reasonable $3.857 million per season.

Note: I have a wedding to go to today so I won't be able to update this post with thoughts on Calgary's later selections. I'll try to tweet when I can and review the draft over the next couple days.

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