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Originally Posted by Psytic
But can we not trade for size and talent? Why is it small skilled or plug with you guys? We got Cammy, Stajan, Stemp, Backs and Sven. You would think a mix of these guys and a pick could land a pretty good prospect.
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Players with size AND talent are very expensive to acquire. That is why you often see some exceptionally skilled prospects being available in the latter rounds who aren't very big (i.e. Gaudreau in the 4th, Petan in the early 2nd when he supposedly also had top 5 talent).
However, trading Sven now leaves a whole. While I personally don't think Sven is quite ready for the NHL full-time, I do think he is a blue-chip prospect that will do quite well in the NHL. A rebuilding team needs to keep adding blue-chippers first. If they have a few too many (or too many in one position), I think that is when organizationally you try and make those 'hockey deals' sending out a good player/prospect for a good player/prospect.
I do understand what you are saying, however. Just doesn't make sense to do so right now. Also, if you were the GM of another team, why would you trade away your big and skilled player for a player that was just skilled (even if the skill was a bit higher?). You are going to end up trading some skill for some size, and the Flames just don't have enough skill in the prospect pool yet to make that move (IMO). Sure, if a GM got stupid and wanted to trade a Nichushkin for Baertschi (a move I would make), then sure. Or a Barkov for Baerstchi. That is just not going to happen though.