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Originally Posted by dino7c
honestly I would trade Bennett or Backlund for a top line RWer and give Janko the 3rd line center slot.
We really need to quit blaming our losses on the fourth line, they do their job fine...Flames have a MASSIVE hole on the right side
I realize this wont be a popular opinion but I think the team is stronger with a high end RWer on line one and Janko playing top 3 center....even with the deletion of a pretty darn good player. A team with the Flames track record shouldn't have so many untouchable players IMO.
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There are a lot of problems on the Flames roster right now, most of them stem from Brouwer to be frank.
I wouldn't trade Bennett until Backlund is re-signed (if they are going to re-sign him). Trading Backlund won't happen until the trade deadline, if they are out of the playoff picture (Imo). Bennett isn't ready for that #2 centre spot and it's too big of a risk to trade Bennett with Backlund potentially leaving via free agency.
Jagr is a band-aid.
Ferland is essentially going to be the 1st line Rwer 5 on 5 and Jagr will replace him on the powerplay. It's not ideal, but it will get them through the season.
Brouwer is a marginal upgrade on Lazar for 3 or 4 times the price. He needs to go.