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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Like I said in the trade rumours thread, adding Methot/Hamonic and Stone would give us one of the best defences in the league. Don't know exactly how feasible it is. But I do like the names being mentioned. Ideally we'd add two #4 defensemen who are more the physical, defensive defensemen types. That allows us to work in an Andersson or Kulak as the 6th dman and have a nice balance of puck moving, skating, physicality, strength, etc.
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If they can pick up Methot/Hamonic and re-sign Stone then I think they should just roll with what they have at that point.
Would probably be too difficult to add a top RW with the money tied up on D and Stajan and Bouma contracts still on the books for a year, but the Flames offence with the current crop over the past 3 seasons has still been in the upper half of the league. So if you can really beef up the blue line, just go with the same forwards, add a Jankowski and see what Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett and Tkachuk can do with another year of maturation.
I'd see a team similar to Nashville if they can really bolster the 4-6 positions on defence.