Could you imagine if BT somehow landed Stone AND Zuccarello at the deadline?!?! With Mike Stone almost ready to come back, 4 rising under 22 YO Dmen ready to grow in the NHL and Mark Stone potentially coming here to sign long term does it make sense to maximize Brodie’s trade appeal now with the Flames needing to decide between him and Hamonic as soon as the off-season. BTW please don’t get me wrong; I love TJ I think he has been a soldier here for near a decade total time and has been a massively successful mid round pick that I have championed in many a debate with my rival fan friends at work.
First trade:
1st
Gillies
Jankowski
Brodie
For
Stone 7 x 8.5
Then trade for Zuccarello, again we have a need to clear salary in the off-season going into free agency to increase key RFA’s Tkachuk, Rittich and Bennett not to mention figuring out Mark Stone. Trading a guy with playoff experience and 1 year left on his contract after this year (Frolik) for a guy with playoff experience on an expiring contract (Zuccarello) could make sense for both teams depending on what would need to be added.
Frolik
3rd conditional (becomes 2nd if Flames make conference finals)
For
Zuccarello rental
Healthy playoff line up
Gaudreau - Monahan - Stone
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Zuccarello
Bennett - Backlund - Neal
Mangiapane - Ryan - Hathaway/Czarnik
Hathaway/Czarnik, Dube
Giordano - Hamonic
Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Stone
Valimaki - Prout
Smith
Rittich
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