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Originally Posted by CroFlames
PSA.
You don't trade young offensive defensemen for wingers.
Stop daydreaming.
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I think that works fine as a general rule but it depends on the circumstances. Brodie isn't really that young. The team would take a bit of a bit right now in downgrading from Brodie to Andersson, but you've just got to weigh that against the improvement that would come from adding the speed and scoring of a guy like Hoffman to the top 6. The Flames are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league and could use the boost of a 25 goal guy.
Also the mention of Brodie's youth is a bit odd considering the Flames have Andersson, Kylington, Fox and Valimaki in the pipeline. And then there is Hamilton who is younger and better offensively.
I agree that you should build from the net out but once you have that foundation it makes sense to shore up deficiencies by trading from strength. I like the Flames top 3 C's so while the preference would be to trade a D for C, the availability and cost of bringing in a young center to displace one they have would change the calculation.