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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
That article articulates well why the Flames need a goalie (which we all know).
It makes a good case that the Pens would want to move him, but on that I don't entirely agree. Murray played great in the playoffs, but we've seen that before. He is still a big risk. On it's own, that wouldn't be too big of a deal, but the Pens are in win-now mode. This is their window, which makes trading Fleury much more of a risk.
I still highly doubt they move him for a late 2nd - probably something more like McDonald + a 2nd. And I wouldn't be keen on losing McDonald (which would likely mean we end up using one of the 2nds to draft a replacement).
Again, it comes down to acquisition cost - is Fleury a big enough improvement on other options to justify the cost to acquire? Keeping in mind that, while the playoffs would be nice, the Flames are NOT in win-now mode at this time. Not even close.
Fleury has a pretty big cap hit and - probably - a fairly big acquisition cost. Not sure he's worth it.
If the cost is a late 2nd (and the only other option turns out to be Reimer, who is asking for north of $4M), then sure.
But if the cost is higher than that, and other options are available (which is almost certainly the case this year), then no thanks.
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I agree, the Flames are not in "win now" mode, but I think the question that should be posed is "how far away are they from winning"? I think they are very close to entering a competitive window that will be open for a while, and that they could be a contending team with a seasoned, playoff tested, cup winning goalie starting in the next three years. Fleury is not just a stop-gap, and three years in the NHL is a long time.