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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
If Gio is untouchable then the Flames mgmt team is poor. He may be the Flames best D, but he's not so good to not be considered a movable asset in a rebuild, nor is he young enough to earn that status...he's no longer an improving player, in fact recent evidence suggests the opposite.
He's likely the remaining vet that could fetch the best package of futures moving forward, so that possibility should be explored, at the very least.
And, can we stop with the "you can't trade everyone" bs???
The Flames have traded 2 vets thus far, to suggest 1 or 2 more get moved is hardly beyond reason.
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It's not bs.
There are several guys that are likely not going to be here by the start of next season (2014). That probably includes Tanguay, Cammalleri, Stempniak, Stajan, Sarich, Kiprusoff, MacDonald, Begin, Jackman and Smith.
That is pretty much every single guy over the age of 24 other than Wideman, Hudler, Glencross and Giordano.
I consider those 4 as highly unlikely to move, simply because they have to have
some vets. And the only reason I have Wideman and Hudler on that list is because thy have new contracts with several years still on them. Otherwise, my list would be Glencross and Giordano.