[Rumour] UPD: Friedman: Flames discussing 1st, pick, and prospect for Hamonic

[devo22]

Elliotte Friedman‏ @FriedgeHNIC
Sounds like CAL/NYI closing in on a Hamonic deal

oh boy.

[Toonage]

Here it comes

[Demetric]

Harmonic is okay but not for reported price

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[Moneyhands23]

Omg omg omg omg its happening...lol

[Moneyhands23]

Whos butt is all puckered up???

[Timbo]

Tre using the terrier technique on Snow ... grab hold and don't let go until you win

[nwflamesfan]

its done

[bzoo02]

Originally Posted by dammage79

No, he isn't when there's literally 4 or 5 d men they can have for free. This is getting dumb.

This notion really grinds my gears. How do you know these guys even want to play in CGY?

The only real way to sway them is to overpay on $ or term.

Which is worse; trading away a mid to late 1st round pick on an unknown asset gor a known asset on a good contract or handcuffing yourself on a potentially terrible free agent contract?

[Timbo]

Holy puck I wonder what we paid!

[Imported_Aussie]

Bartkowski is the perfect #7 for this team. Let a young guy make a run at the #6 spot, with Bartkowski stepping in when needed.
Trading for Hamonic and signing Stone would give the Flames a great top 5 D, meaning that it would be less risky to let the rookies + Bartkowski take a run at #6. My only concern is mortgaging the future.
The D looks set for long term in the prospect pool, as does Goalie, but I am concerned about the Wing depth, especially RW. Trading the 2018 first means after only 1 pick in top 100 picks this year, looking at the same next year, but even worse as it would not likely be until later 3rd round. That is a real hole in the prospect pipeline, that could hurt down the road.

This trade, should it go through, makes me feel that the Flames have identified their best window as the next 3 years, before Giordano declines. Then if they don't win by then, they may need to start recouping prospects from the next couple of drafts to rebuild the pipeline

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Or we can just try it out for Andersson seems to be working for a bunch of other teams..


I am getting a bit frustrated with seasoning players too long to the point that they just fizzle away

Are there really a bunch of teams handing NHL roster spots to 20 year old defencemen who weren't first round picks?