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Originally Posted by Bingo
I think they need to make room so trading Stone for a 4th makes sense. The big thing to me is the Peters view on the left/right defenseman issue as trading Stone does open up a Andersson but trading Brodie does not.
I've said it before but if I'm Treliving I don't let any GM corner me on the "you want to move Hamilton" angle that creates less market. Admit to the fact that you'd be open to move a dman for a forward for balance but if you don't you don't.
See what teams pitch.
I wouldn't trade Bennett as he has more value in Calgary than anywhere else in my mind. He's a third line player on a good deal with upside, pretty much what the Flames would be shopping for, and shouldn't be shedding.
I would move any of Hamilton, Brodie or Giordano if the offers were great. But I wouldn't marry myself to moving any of them as a directive.
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I think you are completely correct. All you have to do to see what getting married to trading a certain player does is look at Peter Chiarelli.
I also agree that trading Stone is probably the only trade that is sort of necessary because we need to get Andersson a spot. You're absolutely correct that trading Brodie does not solve this problem.
The hard part about this is that other teams will know we want to trade Stone. It was a garbage signing at the time and I still dislike it.
In general, I think three things are true:
(1) the Flames are not a team one move away from competing for the Stanley Cup and moves motivated by impatience will probably be harmful long-term;
(2) I think the Flames would be best-served trading Stone for a 4th round pick and acquiring bargain bin FA they can trade at the deadline to acquire picks and forward prospects;
(3) buy low, sell high; the players the Flames want to trade are low right now; I don't have any reason to believe NHL GMs don't know Bennett and Brodie are low right now; if we trade Brodie right now, we will likely get $0.60 on the dollar; this may not apply to Bennett because he is a recent high draft pick, but I don't think you can assume other teams will just ignore the fact that he is projecting to be a middling winger right now.