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Originally Posted by burnitdown
I don't think Kylington and Jankowski would be considered "blue chip prospects" league-wide. That term is typically reserved for players seen as a lock for top minutes for years to come. I do agree with you though that most teams wouldn't trade blue chip D and C prospects for Landeskog though...including us...as that would mean we're shipping off Bennett/Tkachuk, Dougie, and our first.
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Well see, youre saying Bennett, Tkachuk and Dougie are or would be considered Blue Chippers, theyre NHL'ers... Not prospects in anyway.
Also, Matty and Sam both made the jump right away.. So they never had a chance to be any type of prospect, blue chip or otherwise.
The term blue chip is used poorly in my opinion as its too vague.
So lets look at it this way,
An organizations best player at its position who is considered a prospect.
For the Flames that Janko and Kylington.
What other teams could offer their best 2 prospects, regardless of position and their 1st this year without sacrificing their future or their prospect pool?
This is where I feel the Flames are in a unique position.
Philly wouldnt I dont think as they need their top 2 to pan out to take them to the next level.
Same with Winnipeg, they need their top 2 to pan out so they can make some tough decisions on some of their other guys.
Same goes for Buffalo.
The Flames are unique IMO in that they have the key players at the NHL level set.
3 top 3 Dmen, 5 or maybe 6 top 6 forwards
3 top 3 Centers
The weakness is on RW, obviously and i dont need to remind anyone of that..
Point is, losing Kylington and Janko dioesnt hurt this team in anyway going forward.
We have guys that can replace Kylington as our top D prospect but be equivalent and make it seamless.
Janko doesnt hurt as we have 3 guys that would be tough to displace.
I dont think there is another team in the NHL that can afford to make a move like this.
EDIT: Make a move like this without sacrificing something and hurting the team down the road.