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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The trade I'd like to see made is with Detroit.
To Detroit
Mike Smith
Michael Stone (or Frolik, just needing to send a cap hit here)
Eat Bread
Jon Gillies
1st in 2019
3rd in 2020 (conditionally a 2nd if the Flames make the Finals)
To Calgary
Jimmy Howard
Gustav Nyquist
Niklas Kronwall
Get all your christmas shopping done in one place. Howard is a major upgrade on Smith. Nyquist is a top 6 forward that can slot in on either wing. Stick him with either Tkachuk and Backlund, or with Janko and Neal. Options options. Kronwall hits like a truck still and can play well enough as the 3rd pairing LHD.
I hate losing picks, but a team of
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Bennett/Nyquist
Bennett/Nyquist-Jankowski-Neal
Czarnik/Dube-Ryan-Hathaway
Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Hamonic
Kronwall-Andersson
Rittich
Howard
Is as good of any team in the entire NHL and could easily be a contender for the cup, if not a likely favourite to win the west.
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Don’t want to come across as too critical here, but that seems like a lot of futures to give up for those three players. Kronwall could be done after this season, Howard is heading to the twilight of his career and would need to be re-signed. How much term is left with Nyquist?
Maybe something along the lines of Smith, Frolik, Mangiapane and a 2nd.