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Originally Posted by codynw
Or Giordano could just retire in Calgary. You don't have to maximize trade value on every player, the only reason it was an issue with Iginla was because the team was trending towards rebuild anyways. Calgary is currently trending upwards so trading Giordano isn't something that needs to happen at all.
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Yeah, there’s no need to trade him. It’s more that I think Calgary’s roster’s long-term upside is not high enough. It’s just my opinion, but when I compare Calgary’s young core to other young cores around the league, I don’t think the Flames are good enough going forward. It’s also my opinion that I don’t think the Flames are good enough to win the Stanley Cup in the next few years while Giordano is still a top-end defenceman. So I think they could consider trading Giordano to improve the young core and long-term upside.
My assumption is these are the players good enough to be considered part of the core going forward:
Gaudreau
Monahan
Tkachuk
Lindholm (this is borderline for me...I want to see more)
Hanifin
Valimaki
I think Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Hanifin and Valimaki will end up forming the inner circle, if you will.
At the end of the day, it really sucks Bennett isn’t trending towards becoming a great young centre (or even winger). I think if he had become that, things would feel different to me.