Personally I think I consider trading Russell for a couple reasons:
a) I get the impression he is considered underrated by many teams around the league. One could probably use that to leverage greater value than retention of the player in a trade.
b) I think we are strong on defence, and if packaged properly could address our main issue, namely, goaltending to one of the teams that have a dual starter situation, like Detroit or Dallas that may be in need of a mobile defenseman.
Is Calgary better with a much better goalie, sans Russell or a the status quo... I think the former.
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