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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Why even make this argument though? The flames will not be shopping their captain and lose a hie chunk of their leadership and risk becoming the Oilers. Secondly, Gio would never waive for the Panthers anyway regardless of what they offered.
The way the organization has talked about Gio he is here for the long haul and will not be moved.
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If Florida came to Treliving and said "1st overall for Gio, straight-up", the deal would be made.
"risk becoming the Oilers" - the Oilers aren't the way they are due to trading away veterans. They never had good veterans to trade away - that's part of the problem. Another huge part of their failures is their complete inability to utilize the draft outside of picking 1st overall (and I'd still say, even with those picks they've failed quite nicely).
The only way we'd risk becoming the Oilers is if we fired our coaching staff and management team, and hired the goofs that work for the Oilers. They're a special kind of incompetence that I doubt many others could replicate.