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Originally Posted by Textcritic
My problem with this whole line of thinking is this: At this point in time Rattie's stock is extremely high, and it would be very costly to target him in a trade. I am fairly certain that the Flames would end up overpaying, and badly. It has been mentioned before that Ryan Howse is potentially a similar player to Rattie, and could arguably be just as effective playing with Baertschi. Granted, he does not have the juniour numbers to match, but he also played on a line with late round draft picks Kevin Sundher and Roman Horak. In my opinion, Rattie is the kind of player you draft. You do not acquire him before he breaks into the NHL in a trade.
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And that right there is the biggest reason holding me back from wanting to trade for him, and I conpletely agree with you.