Both are very good players still but the flames are going to need to move a defenceman before the expansion draft for sure. Also for me the young guys have looked better than the Flames may be giving them credit for... hearing that they are prioritizing a LHD on the trade market is a bit odd to me when you have Kylington playing very well from my perspective and Valimaki looked solid before his injury as well.
^ and yeah that is a decent strategy, that was going to be the play before the NHL moved back expansion a year I believe. Just question if they will want to sign 1 year deals and if it will look like obvious circumvention if both do.
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