Treliving needs to assess three things with his new coaching staff and particularly Peters.
1. Is he married to the left righty thing.
2. Does he want the top four returned from last year or does he need change it up?
3. Does he want room made for the likes of Andersson and Valimaki and if so what is his timing?
My assumptions are "if possible", "no", and then I'm not sure
I'd also assume they won't move from Hamonic this quickly so Brodie is the most likely guy to be traded. If that's the case it opens up either a left spot for Kulak to move up or Valimaki to challenge or for an offside option with either Stone or Andersson.
If they want it more clear they can certainly move Brodie and Stone and then have Andersson pencilled in.
I've always maintained that if the gains from adding a forward (lets say Nino Niederreiter) are greater in the trickle down effect than the loss of Brodie to say a Kulak, Valimaki or Andersson/Stone on their off side you go for it.
The Flames have young guys coming, and if they have to sacrifice uncertainty on the blueline to fix things up front so be it.
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