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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
It seems that the only reason they mentioned Calgary is because of Burke. Terrible logic, from a normally smart guy.
Freidman started the discussion speculating that it would make most sense that a team with championship window of the next 3-4 years. That would be most likely (with a trade of picks and prospects).
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The Burke angle might come into play but I think it's more due to the amount of cap space we currently have and how deep the owner's pockets are. With his bad contract, Toronto might only have one or two bidders who can make this trade without needing salary retention or sending another bad contract back.
The Flames are in a somewhat unique position to win a trade here and the possibility should at least be explored. If something like Raymond+Klimchuk+2nd can get it done, you'd have to at least think about it. A top 6 of Gaudreau, Monahan, Kessel, Hudler, Bennett and one of Bouma/Backlund/Colborne would be deadly.
I firmly believe Hartley could work with Phil with any defensive/conditioning issues he might have. It would be part of the risk with bring him on, in addition to his contract. It would be understandable if the Flames just didn't think the risk vs reward was a gamble worth taking in this case. I'm sure they're at least thinking about it, or have already. I will support either decision, as long as we don't get "Gilmour'd".