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Mike F · 06-20-2016, 11:10 PM

Random musing, and definitely not giving this a hard sell, but...

Can anyone see Treliving being so high on Puljujärvi, so confident in Bennett and Backlund, and so concerned about near term cap and/or protection issues (edit: If you remove Monahan from the need-to-protect list and go with the eight skaters overall (say, 4 D) and a goalie option, is Calgary better off?) that he trades Monahan essentially straight-up for the 3OA, and walks away from the draft with Puljujärvi, the BPA at 6OA, and whatever he can turn the bushel of 2nds into?

Or is the 1-2 punch of Monahan & Bennett too valuable in a big-centre-rich western conference to give up on?

06-20-2016, 11:10 PM	#326
Mike F Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Djibouti Exp:	Random musing, and definitely not giving this a hard sell, but... Can anyone see Treliving being so high on Puljujärvi, so confident in Bennett and Backlund, and so concerned about near term cap and/or protection issues (edit: If you remove Monahan from the need-to-protect list and go with the eight skaters overall (say, 4 D) and a goalie option, is Calgary better off?) that he trades Monahan essentially straight-up for the 3OA, and walks away from the draft with Puljujärvi, the BPA at 6OA, and whatever he can turn the bushel of 2nds into? Or is the 1-2 punch of Monahan & Bennett too valuable in a big-centre-rich western conference to give up on? Last edited by Mike F; 06-20-2016 at 11:16 PM.