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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Bobrovsky won't agree to an extension here much like he won't agree to one in Columbus - and spending $10M on a goalie breaks a team's cap structure - so no reason to give up assets to try and bring him here for what may only be 6 months if he then leaves as UFA.
Saros would probably be the best target.
But I feel like Nashville will try to either squeeze Rinne to take less on a contract to keep both, or they will walk away from Rinne and will move forward with Saros as the starter.
If you are the Flames you either move assets for a young guy like Saros who looks like the real deal for at least 5+ years, or go after one of the UFAs like Varlamov once they hit free agency.
What they need to stop doing is spending assets on short term stop gaps like Elliott, and Smith - and trading for UFA Bobrovsky without an extension has the potential to just be another short term solution.
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I don't think Saros is at all a realistic target. Nashville is not moving him in the middle of a season in which they have designs on a Stanley Cup, and I am fairly certain he is being groomed to supplant Rinne as early as this season. He will not be traded.