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Originally Posted by IgiTang
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.
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I agree that it would be a great trade as we're not overly harmed by it. I just think the Avs wouldn't consider it because they'll have better offers. Even if they're our best two prospects by position not playing in the NHL, that doesn't make them better than they are...it just means we don't have better prospects to offer. I think your definition is off as you're trying to use comparable prospects within an organization to determine a player's value. Using that logic, the Oilers can offer a similar package of "blue chip prospects" Tyler Benson and Ethan Bear (or insert any other B-list prospect you prefer).