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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Two little things. About a quarter of the teams in the league don't have a potential NHL calibre goalie in the system. Gilles, Rittich and Parsons all have value. Every team has a Mcdonald, Schneider lottery ticket.
Also, I wish everyone would stop throwing Fox into trade proposals. To a lot of people he is as untouchable as Parsons or Valimaki. He's really good.
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Fox is outstanding, and our best prospect.
Something I think people who are saying "Flames don't have the picks to acquire someone big"
The 1st round picks get that get moved at the deadline are late 1st rounders. I'm fairly comfortable in saying:
Andersson > late 1st round pick
Valimaki > late 1st round pick
Fox > late 1st round pick
Kylington > late 1st round pick
Also, Jon Gillies very much fits the modern mold for starting goalies. I do believe he's having a solid season in the AHL and even leads the league in shutouts. He has value, but goalies are hard to peg down.
Dillon Dube is also a pick who I think is worth more today than what he was worth last summer. His performance at the WJC likely has his stock higher than most 2nd round picks from last year.
We've got the assets, we just need to pick our acquisition carefully. In my eyes, none of the players listed above should be moved for a rental.