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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Don't need any bottom 6 wingers. Bouma, Ferland, Bollig, Jooris, Hathaway and perhaps Porier. They need to focus on the top 6 where all we really have is Frolik, Colborne and ideally they play third line with Backlund.
I would prefer trading for some wingers to play with Bennett and Monahan/Gaudreau
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Just because we have lots of bottom six wingers doesn't mean BT can't upgrade them. Flames should be looking to improve everywhere they can.
Matt Martin would be an improvement on every bottom six winger you just listed. He's got Bollig's size, Jooris' skating, Bouma's forechecking, Hathaway's peskiness all combined with 2015 playoff Ferland's physicality. Plus he's usually good for 5-10 goals and 15-20 points with just 4th line ice time.
He's pretty much the perfect 4th liner, and if the Flames can get him at $1-1.5 million they should do it.