You nailed it here I think. The question is can we put together a package that is attractive enough and would it be the best offer. Florida wants to be better now and needs a reasonable budget.
If a 1st rounder is needed to get it done, maybe they would consider our 2016 pick when added to a package of players that make them better now. I would offer Wideman with salary retained as part of the package as well - he is still a very good player that would make them better now.
Wideman, Hudler, Baertchi, High 2nd, 2016 1st?
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
A few things
1) It's really hard to tell what the price would be to move up. Not sure if would be worth it if he's asking a lot
2) Much more interested in trading for the #1 pick outright
3) Don't understand those posters who think we don't have the pieces to trade for the #1 pick outright. We're as flush with quality prospects as we've ever been in the last 20 years
To go to the extreme end, would Tallon be able to turn down an offer of:
Hudler
Brodie
one of Baertschi/Gaudreau
one of Backlund/Granlund
one of Wotherspoon/Sieloff
plus a high 2nd rounder
for the #1 overall?
I don't see how he could turn down an offer like that. It's an overpayment from us so you can dial it back from there but the Flames can afford to do a bit of a quantity for quality type deal where we give up 4 attractive pieces for the #1. So to say we don't have the pieces required to trade for the pick outright seems a bit silly.
No idea what pieces Tallon values most but if he happens to value a few of our undersized forwards/forward prospects then we could make a really franchise changing move by switching them + other pieces to get a big 6'4 pillar defenseman to help anchor our defense for the next decade.
Personally I don't want to give up Brodie, Gaudreau and Poirier in particular. But some combination of Baertschi, Backlund, Granlund, Wotherspoon, Klimchuk, Reinhart, 2nd rounders, etc should be attractive especially if he likes one of our tradeable vets in addition.
Treliving and Burke should definitely be all over this IMO. Getting 2 of the top 4 guys in this draft including Ekblad would be ridiculous going forward and we have the depth to be able to make a competitive offer without completely depleting our system.
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