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transplant99 · 01-09-2016, 02:24 PM

I'm not as sold as most on Drouins ability to translate his game from junior to the NHL so I look at it from a different angle.

The Flames are already a smallish/soft team that can flat out fly around the ice, so adding another small soft guy doesn't make a lot of sense and losing Ferland as a part of getting him, even more risky.

Now in fantasy world if you could do a one for one, then sure you have to make that deal but when you start adding 1st rd picks and other assets, there is no way you make that trade if you are BT.

You need all kinds of players to be successful in the NHL and the Flames have the small skilled part of that equation already covered in spades. What they need most is some big heavy/hard right wingers who can contribute which is what Ferlands upside most assuredly is.

01-09-2016, 02:24 PM	#810
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	I'm not as sold as most on Drouins ability to translate his game from junior to the NHL so I look at it from a different angle. The Flames are already a smallish/soft team that can flat out fly around the ice, so adding another small soft guy doesn't make a lot of sense and losing Ferland as a part of getting him, even more risky. Now in fantasy world if you could do a one for one, then sure you have to make that deal but when you start adding 1st rd picks and other assets, there is no way you make that trade if you are BT. You need all kinds of players to be successful in the NHL and the Flames have the small skilled part of that equation already covered in spades. What they need most is some big heavy/hard right wingers who can contribute which is what Ferlands upside most assuredly is.