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Originally Posted by dammage79
I'm not sure Ronnie Francis in his 2nd year as GM is going to give up 5th OA under any circumstances. I can see Ward for Hiller with a pick upgrade in the 2nd or 3rd rounds but nothing more than that.
Semin would have to convince Treliving and Hartley that he'd be willing to commit to the team game the Flames succeed with before they'd okay a Semin trade to CGY.
I want Semin on the Flames but he needs to buy in fully or not at all.
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Well,
if you believe the "rumors" Francis almost gave up the 7th overall just a couple months on the job last year....and that was supposedly not to move down (like my above scenario), just straight up give the pick away for money.
I agree though, highly unlikely to happen.
I would be more than happy to upgrade picks in a Hiller/Ward swap though, if that's possible....and I too wouldn't complain if Flames management took a gamble on Semin here, at the same time getting a future in return for the risk. If he doesn't pan out, there are plenty of options...and if he actually turned it around, he'd be one heck of a sniper for Johnny or Bennett to feed the puck to for a few years.