[Poe969]

I didn't realize that we have to keep Glencross at all costs because him not being on the team turns us into the oilers! If that's the case, this team finally has a lot of good prospects so picks aren't important and we should trade away all of our picks for help to maybe make the playoffs.

Or....we move forward. This team is still a good team and Glencross isn't the most important player we have. Trading him away may mean that we're losing our 4th highest point producer but it could also mean that someone else steps up and produces even more or that a prospect gets called up and over achieves. No one knows.

I'm sure at this point management has a really good idea if Glencross will be back next year or not. If they don't see him as part of the future plan, is it worth keeping him to maybe make the playoffs or is it better to get an asset/assets to help the team next year and years to come? If they see him as part of the future then he won't be traded and all the drama is for nothing.

One thing to consider for all of those who say that trading Glencross is the end of the world and we'd become the oilers; If one player is that important to the team and we'd become the 30th place team without him, are we really that good? What would we do if he was injured for the rest of the year while playing for the Flames? Just throw our arms up and give up? I agree that Glencross is an integral part of the team but I don't think he's as important as some suggest. This team has to think about making the playoffs this year but shouldn't sacrifice the future just to make the playoffs this year. I'm willing to bet that in the next year or 2 the Flames will move from a bubble team to a team battling for home ice in the playoffs.