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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
If David Clarkson is tradeable anyone is. Bad contract for bad contract kind of deal. Mike Richards, Alex Semin, Mike Smith, etc.
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I still think Carolina is the perfect match for Calgary.
-Brad wants to take on bad contracts
-Eastern team
-Bottom 5 team
-Plenty of young players.
If the Flames could aqquire both Semin and Ward's contracts then IMO there would be serious compensation coming back.
Alexander Semin RW- $7,000,000/ 3 years left
Cam Ward G- $6,300,000/ 2 years left
The idea would be getting both and retaining the max 50% on Semin's contract, because let's be honest no one want him. Cam Ward's contrat would also be retained by 50%
Total Cap Hit: $6,650,000 (Semin- $3,500,000 Ward $3,150,000)
Semin is worthless, but if another team sees him as a good playoff player addition and we can retain and get a 7th or even a no name AHL player at the deadline then fine.
Ward is still a good goalie and IMO an older Deven Dubnyk. Stuck on a crappy team expected to play amazing, and he does! But his team is
. If we can retain and flip Cam Ward for anything less than a 3rd take it.
The real prize we would be going for is the compensation. So three pieces I could see Calgary aiming for:
-Ellias Lindholm- C/RW Has a RH shot and was picked right before Monahan. Given that info, he might be "untouchable" but who knows in this type of deal.
-Justin Faulk- D 22 year old with a RH shot but again he may be hard to get as he will be a stud of a defenseman.
- Carolina's 2015 1st round pick- The only way this would happen is if Calgary's first is going back, plus way more.
It's a major risk taking on either of those contracts, let alone both, but I think one of those three above would compensate nicely.