You would be surprised to know that in the NHL, it is possible to acquire players through trade, as well as free agent signing.
I like Detroit and I like Seider and it's all just fine, but if that's the epitome of proving me wrong, you came up short. Seider is not yet a bonafide 1D on a great team. If he continues his development path then he could very well become that. Yes, I know he's got a good 2 way game. But it's still not quite enough. When people do the 10-year redraft, Seider's just not going to be on top of it, sorry. Or in the top 5. Lucky to be in top 10. Unless he's got another big development step coming, which he of course might, with his style of play. He's doing all the things defencemen finally learn to do as they hit their prime. And he's doing them early. But he doesn't necessarily have some of the other intangibles that the greats just...come with. There's just a few key things missing, and he could still learn them before he hits his prime, but they are HARD things to learn after the fact.
D is a mess largely in part because the draft needs to be pushed back a year. It's too early to say if Seider is the best D in that draft.
Ask yourself the best thing the Flames did with D in the last 20 years.
Then load up on over-agers.
I'll be happy if we draft a D, but to be completely honest I hope they are a little better than Seider if we do. He's very wholesome, I fully agree, but I'd still hope for a little more with a top 10 pick. Not that I'd mind him on he Flames, just saying.