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Originally Posted by shermanator
IMO, Nemisz makes Kostopolous expendable next year. If his offense translates to the NHL level, he just might make Moss expendable (and I'm a big Moss fan)
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Yeah I think Bouma will make TK expendable.
If Moss prices himself out, then Nemicsz will take his spot.
I think Bartschi will make a real push next year.
Those 3 are probably most likely.
On defense, Sarich and Hannan will be UFA so if they don`t retain them, they`ll have to replace them. I think Carson will be able to take one of those spots and they were probably hoping for Breen too, but he doesn`t seem to be progressing as well this year.
Brodie is too similar to the other guys already up and with the way Smith is playing, I think you have to consider locking him up for more than a year. I wouldn`t be shocked if Brodie was traded as part of a package to get something. The Flames are very mobile on the backend right now and they are all relatively young. They also have Wilson and Henry in Abbotsford who both could do what Brodie can.