Could be an opportunity for the Flames to finally have a #1 centre. The Hurricanes have an excess of centres. They have E. Staal and J. Staal as their clear long term #1 and #2 centres. They also have Tlusty breaking through in a big way. Riley Nash is also on the door step.
The only issue is there seems to be no long term injury here. Ward is also signed very long term. Are they going to give up assets to acquire another #1 just to patch a temporary hole? They do have Ellis, who is one of the better backups in the league.
I'd also guess that LA and Vancouver are going to be in this is in a major way.
I think Calgary should go hard after one of Carolina's young centres. But I think a more likely package could be built around Giordano. Carolina currently has a revolving door of top-4 d-men. Giordano or even JBo could really help them right now. Tlusty might be untouchable (a guy can dream), but Nash+ could certainly be had for either of Gio or JBo. Could be a great deadline deal, if the Flames are sellers.
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