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Originally Posted by robaur
Would you do this trade...
To Tampa:
- Sven Baertschi
- STL Pick 1st round
To CGY:
- 3rd overall pick (Drouin)
Pick Monahan or Lindholm at #6
I love Baertschi....at this point in his development he would be above Drouin so Tampa gets an elite winger either way.
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No.
If the Flames had a deep prospect pool already, then I would be willing to take a really solid prospect like Baertschi and try to leverage up (the quality vs quantity trade).
But as it stands right now, the Flames need help at every position. Trading a Baertschi to get a different, younger prospect with a little higher likelihood of becoming a franchise player, doesn't make sense.
If the Flames take their 3 picks and go home, and it turns out that they did well, they may well be in a position next year to do something like this. (With Stempniak, Cammalleri, Tanguay and Stajan as trade bait next deadline, the Flames should have extra picks again)