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Originally Posted by azzarish
That's it really.
He's 31 and on $4m in the last year of his contact. Someone is going to pay him more than that on the free agent market. If we extend him he's still going to want more than that citing his point production while here, and it won't just be 2 or 3 years term. Can we committ that much money to him going forward?
There are pros to keeping him and trading him. Firstly, it depends on how important he is going forward and how much of a catalyst he is for the younger guys. We pretty much know the answer to that so it really boils down to what the return is, and it would have to be huge for Treliving to even consider it. There would have to be a first in this year's draft in the conversation, along with other pieces (picks) on either side. One side of the argument is that if we're going to do it we may as well do it now while his stock his so high.
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Have the Flames ever traded someone while their stock was high? It seems like historically, the Flames get very attached to the players who have good seasons.