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Originally Posted by New Era
Flames have now added two defensemen in the past few days. Obviously one of our own is headed out of town. What if Treliving makes a big splash and makes an actual hockey trade at the deadline, and moves an under-performing TJ Brodie for Matt Duchene or Gabriel Landeskog? Duchene has the speed and skill to play on the top line, although Gaudreau would have to switch wings. Landeskog has the all around game every team craves, but is missing that elite talent in any one area. Treliving now has some flexibility on the blueline, and then still has a pipeline that is heavy on blueline talent.
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Losing Brodie is too much of a downgrade for our already-struggling defence.
Who replaces his minutes and quality? Bartkowski? Stone? Wideman?!
I really hope Brodie's name is not on the table.
I'd love Landeskog or Duchene but the cost to acquire either of them might outweigh the actual quality of the return. They've both struggled this season – at least as much as Brodie has – but their market value would be insanely high because they're both household names around the league. I think we'd have to part with someone like Bennett – who I'm not willing to give up on but whose name would probably get Sakic's attention in trade talks. And even then I believe Bennett could be a better player 2, 3, 4 years down the line than Duchene or Landeskog, so at best the move is a roll of the dice.
If Treliving can get something done using picks and/or prospects (who aren't named Jankowksi) then I'm all for it. This draft looks pants and our team is so full of youngish talent that it can afford sacrificing a tiny slice of the future in order to get over the hump and into the playoffs.