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Calgary4LIfe · 02-28-2016, 11:22 PM

I would be ok with 2nds if that is what we got.

I was more hoping that the Flames could package something with Russell and acquire a higher-end prospect from some organization. Nichushkin and Drouin both seem like pipe-dreams.

I would be comfortable at the moment with giving up Russell + Klimchuk + Shinkaruk for Nichushkin - or even add Poirier to that. Expensive I think - essentially 3 first round picks + whatever Russel's market value is (which seemed to essentially be cut in half from the chatter yesterday - one 1st + 1 second IIRC, now just two 2nds).

I don't mind the straight-out picks - I think they are much more useful than 'B'-level prospects anyways - but I was really hoping that Treliving would be going hard after a blue-chip prospect/young player to a team that is trying to win now, even if it meant attaching other notable prospects to packages to do so.

02-28-2016, 11:22 PM	#300
Calgary4LIfe Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Exp:	I would be ok with 2nds if that is what we got. I was more hoping that the Flames could package something with Russell and acquire a higher-end prospect from some organization. Nichushkin and Drouin both seem like pipe-dreams. I would be comfortable at the moment with giving up Russell + Klimchuk + Shinkaruk for Nichushkin - or even add Poirier to that. Expensive I think - essentially 3 first round picks + whatever Russel's market value is (which seemed to essentially be cut in half from the chatter yesterday - one 1st + 1 second IIRC, now just two 2nds). I don't mind the straight-out picks - I think they are much more useful than 'B'-level prospects anyways - but I was really hoping that Treliving would be going hard after a blue-chip prospect/young player to a team that is trying to win now, even if it meant attaching other notable prospects to packages to do so.