I've been advocating for a Ferland trade up until now, but I've changed my mind.
Treliving dispatching Ferland, Gulutzen and Hamilton was addition by subtraction for the culture of the team. That compounded with addition by addition (Hanifin, Peters, Lindholm) has put the Flames over the top through 50 games played.
He should look somewhere else - Kreider, Hayes, Simmonds, Stone, Williams, Kronwall, McElhinney, Mzarek... Those are my picks for pickups this deadline.
I suspect Treliving will be shrewd, and look for term, or bargains like older players or pending UFAs with little league-wide interest for depth... we'll soon see!
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Death by 4th round picks.
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