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Originally Posted by Ashasx
And how will trading him for a late 1st help us compete when the Flames need to be competing in the next few years or they never will at all?
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It does free up salary cap space to improve the teams in other ways and ensures they can keep Ferland, Bennett, and Tkachuk and either keep or replace Smith next summer. Also getting a first for Backlund will recoup the first traded for Hamonic and keep the cupboards stocked.