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What is a realistic way for the Calgary Flames?


It will be very hard to improve thw team through a trade.
They are not going to break up the top 2 lines . Line one is on an incredible tear. Line 2 is your Swiss army knife. Trading away a dman is going to be hard for them to come to terms with. Stone was just resigned, They are not trading Hamilton or Hamonic after they mortaged the future for them. Gio is a steady defence man that dose not have a lot of value but you don't trade your Captian who is rock steady.


That leaves Brodie and Kulak. They only 2 home grown defenseman Calgary has produced in a decade not names Gio. Brodie is a pretty 1 dimensional Dman. I can't see him being very coveted leugue wide. I think there are some bottem 10 teams and avery limited number of contenders that are young may want him. The return Brodie would get is not going to push the team over the hump. He is not worth a Horvat type player and he is still good enough not to get a bottom 6 player.

The jury is still out on Kulak. Showing good steps in development but not worth trading and unable to step up in a top 4 postion if a dman was.

So for the dman your logically limited to Brodie with additions of a bottem 6 add on .

As for the forward group. I already mentioned how the top 2 lines are virtually untouchable at this point and time. Jankowski is not going anywhere for the time being. Jagr was just signed and has played well showing the kids the ropes. Lazar could be traded but for what the gave up and then protected him via the exp draft he will stay. Stajan will probably stay or a deadline move ( a little to late) for a late roumd pick. They may also just hang on to him as a favor for his tenure etc. I don't agree with that as business is business . I think he should be waived for more room. Brouwer may be moved but for a low pick and a prospect. I don't see them waiving him either after already waving Lack.

The rest of the lower bottem 6 I don't care about enough to write about.

It is not like the team is terribly bad or amazing. I look at the team and I see the same issues Edmonton had last year. With the exeption we have key players locked in for undervalue.

1 team line for scoring
A teams defense that look good on paper but is struggling defensively.
Relying on Riding a hot goalie game in game out
Bottem 6 sucks ( No other way to put it)

So what minor trades could help them? What other players out there need a new scenery that could help for a similiar player? Etc.

Your thoughts?