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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Just read on the score app that the Flyers are trying to dump Luke Schenn. The only way I would want the flames to have interest is if we could move one of the Dman contracts that goes beyond this year. Engellend would be the best fit as the Flyers save $700k this year and the Flames remove a contract for next year. Hopefully the "good in the room" rep would be enough to get the deal done.
Also Schenn is terrible but only has a year left on his deal. The flames need to start looking at ways to move the Engellends, Smids, Raymonds, Stajans by next summer so they can keep the core players heading to free agency
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I still don't think that the Flames would want to move Engelland right now, and I do think that next year enough money comes off the books for them to re-sign who they need, or they will find a way to trade someone else.
Hartley loves Engelland - called him a born leader at last year's training camp. Aside from Smid, the Flames don't have any 'muscle' on the back-end. Engelland has also shown himself to be fairly reliable when given more minutes. Treliving and Burke both feel this team needs some toughness, and Engelland is definitely a player AND has that toughness more so than Bollig, I will argue.
I just don't see it. I think that Engelland is here until his contract expires, and even then the Flames may end up re-signing him to a much lower cap hit if they don't have someone to replace him in that role, or at least use him as the 7th. If anything, Smid will be gone before Engelland, though he would be even more difficult to trade I think.