I like the idea of getting O’Reilly out of Buffalo but with Brodie’s NTC I doubt he would wave it to go. So that really only leaves us with Hamilton on the backed to trade, which is a pretty steep price to pay. It would also leave us with too many centers (Monahan/Backlund/Janko/Bennett/Shore) and the same lack of depth on the RW. So here is my crazy two trade proposal
To Buffalo:
Dougie Hamilton
Forward Prospect like Hunter Shinkaruk or Mangiapne
To Calgary:
Ryan O’Reilly
Sam Reinhart
Then you would trade Backlund and a D prospect to Ottawa for a RWer
To Ottawa
Mikael Backlund
D Prospect like Oliver Kylington/Wotherspoon/
To Calgary:
Mark Stone
This would give Calgary a pretty solid 1/2/3 forward lines and weaker but acceptable defense in my opinion anyway.
Gaudreau - Monahan –
Stone
Tkachuk –
O’Reilly - Reinhardt
Bennett - Jankowski - Ferland
Lazar - Stone – Foo
(Dube/Hathaway)
Giordano - Brodie
Hamonic - Andersson
Kulak - Stone
(Valimaki/Wotherspoon)
Smith
Rittich
You would also need to buyout Brouwer and trade Frolik for picks...
