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Originally Posted by Brewmaster
It's definitely high risk given what the team will look like heading into next season. I just don't see a team trading a top 5 pick away in this draft for 2 late first rounders unless you add a real significant piece. Moving out next years pick on the other hand might have more value to teams given the state the Flames are in. You would have to be confident that a top 5 pick at this years draft would be better than a top 5 in next years draft to even think about making this trade from a Flames standpoint.
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I don't like this idea at all considering the following:
1) Our goaltending is going to be in shambles next year. Kipper is expected to retire, Berra is signed but what can we expect, Ramo is not yet signed, but still unproven anyways, and we all know that a combination of Joey Mac+Danny Taylor is not the answer.
2) The Flames are the worst defensive team in the NHL this season so how will drafting Mackinnon+Drouin fix our defensive woes?
Thus I don't think it is reasonable to assume that the Flames will finish any better next year then they did this year. They are going to be about the same team as this year (+ a couple UFA's), less Bouw, Iggy and Kipper. Not a team that I would have confidence gambling a possible 1st overall pick on.
But that is just me.