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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Engelland for 2x2nd round picks
Elliot for a 2nd and conditional 3rd
Versteeg for a 3rd
Backlund for a 1st and a 3rd
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None of these is going to happen.
Engelland would be hard pressed to get a single second. Kris Russell, who many in the media (and clearly the league) over rate only netted a 2nd (conditionally a 1st), how does Engelland get 2 2nds? I love Engelland, but if someone gives the Flames 2 2nds for him then you jump, but just not going to happen for a 5th/6th d-man who's a UFA.
Have you watched Elliott play? No way you get anything of value for him, certainly not 2 picks in the first 3 rounds, definitely not a second. A conditional 3rd maybe, but unlikely.
Versteeg is the closest to being plausible, but seeing as he could have been signed by anyone, I am hard pressed to see a team now giving up a 3rd for him.
Why would anyone want to trade Backlund? Like someone said, 10 years of development, quite possibly the most under rated player in the league, and you suggest that he gets traded? Not to mention, he has probably been the Flames best player this year, is under contract for another year, and likely a big part of the future beyond that.
Threads like this make my head hurt. Everyone over values what the Flames are worth and undervalues what it takes to get other players (I was guilty on that re: Hanzal and have corrected myself).