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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I know this is unpopular but finer did trade Gio I wonder if a package around him plus one of our better prospects (Granlund, Klimchuck, Jankowski) could land Drouin and one of stamp as D like Coburn or Garrison?
Adding Drouin would give the Flames an elite young playmaker to pair with Bennett and give the Flames 2 you Duos that could develop together. Adding Hamilton and whichever Dman cap dump Tampa sends out way would still give the Flames a formidable D.
Tampa would go all in to win the cup next year but with Stamkos and Gio upcoming UFA's I don't see them wanting to give up Drouin for one shot at the cup
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ya, i don't think the flames can go over 5 years here. And if it comes to that they need to determine where they are at in the competitive team building process. I think the there's still a year or 2 until this team is looked at as a real force in the West. Main concern of course is if you move Gio does it create a bit of derailment off the current positive course the franchise has taken for 2 seasons now with Giordano as captain.
If we do move him, i would like to try to get a dman back some how though. A team like the ducks that have plenty of solid young dmen, but there time is now, so perhaps locking in on a real #1 dman like gio is worth giving up some of those young guys. Naturally not ideal given that they play in the same division, but am wondering if there are other teams like this out there that have NHL ready young dmen that a GM is willing to part with for the current reward.