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Originally Posted by IgiTang
A bit of a fanboy response
"He WONT be traded... but if he is.. " quoted for such certainty
And Engalland is far from pathetic.
Lol, we would trade the guy who is our captain and has a NMC before we trade the guy who has been bounced around a bit in the d-corps and having a dumpster fire of a season and is severely handcufffed by this current system in terms of play style and is unable to contribute like he was able to last year because he is having troubles playing with anyone but.. as you say, the guy who would be traded first...
Brodie has struggled this year and is incredible trade bait because of age and contract. Not to mention he plays a position where the Flames have the MOST depth.
To not look at deals and potential returns to fill out biggest need (RW) would be irresponsible.
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We trade Brodie our biggest need goes from RW to top 4 D incredibly fast. I would say our most tradeable asset on the roster right now is not Brodie but Backlund. He is having a hell of a season with 1.5 years left on his extremely cap friendly deal. The Flames have Monahan, Bennett and Stajan with Jankowski in the minors. The Flames have NO ONE ready to fill Brodie's skates if we move him. Engellend is a fine #6 but a poor #5 and an awful #4. Wideman sucks as a #4 so no way he can be a #3.
We trade Brodie for a RW our D looks worse than the Oilers and similar to the Avs. If we are going to move Brodie a Dman needs to be the return. The Flames can move Backlund to address other areas of need