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Originally Posted by Nelson
Giordano to Nashville for Saros, Fabbro and Nashville’s 2019 1st.
To me, the lines then look something like this:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Neal
Bennett - Ryan - Frolik
Mangiapane - Jankowski - Czarnik
Dube - - Lazar
Hathaway - - Foo
Hanifin - Brodie
Valimaki - Hamonic
Kulak - Andersson
Kylington - Stone
- Fabbro
Smith
Saros
Rittich
Gillies
Parsons
The Flames would be very young on defence, but I believe Hanifin and Valimaki can hack it. These days young defencemen often make it work. Is it stupid to assume this means Hanifin and Valimaki can follow in their footsteps? Possibly. But the future looks very bright on the blue line.
In net, I like the situation much more.
Meanwhile, the Flames’ roster has a higher upside in my estimation, especially with 2 2019 1st rounders.
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The Flames did not go out and make all of these roster improvements just to turn around and trade their captain and #1 defenceman for picks/prospects and an unproven goaltender (who admittedly could be amazing), Without Giordano that defence is absolutely awful looking in the short term.