[Yamer]

Calgary is not bad enough to finish bottom 3, and the lottery for first is just that...a lottery. I think dreams and aspirations for Jones, MacKinnon, Drouin, Barkov, etc. are, as of the current makeup of this team, far fetched. The only way they end up in that kind of draft position is if they sell now, which isn't likely when you're sitting 4 points out of a 6-way tie for 6th.

Yesterday's move should make it obvious that as of right now, management isn't looking to tear it down. With the kind of attempt they made, it appears as though they are willing to convert their unknowable picks into established players...and if it's for a legitimate center or two I can't say I have a problem with that approach.

I think management may look into a guy like Stephen Weiss in Florida. A less likely candidate, only because Columbus may be unwilling to part with him, is Derick Brassard.

As for when they make this sort of trade, if they are going to do it I would suspect it's sooner rather than later. They come to the half-way mark in about a week.