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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I don't see why we'd trade Monahan
Just add another guy. Keep Monahan and add another top-six centre with more intensity to his game
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trades are being suggested probably due to cap reasons, but also to open up the possibilities in terms of whom one can speculate on...
UFAs signings are high risk propositions. A guy like Neal, even if one wasn't a fan of the length/amount, i don't think many thought he'd drop off this quickly... in 2-3 years sure, i think most expected that, but not him being awful from Game 1 onward
if one looks at the crop of UFAs, many on the list are no longer available, having resigned or traded for and then signing...
https://thehockeynews.com/news/artic...agents-of-2019
of these available players, there's a lot of question marks imo... personally, i wanted Calgary to trade for Eberle prior to the TDL day, but with the NYI in the playoffs, that wasn't going to happen.
outside of that, not sure who you could pick up that's an upgrade. I think Donskoi is interesting, but he's pretty inconsistent as iirc SJS has him in the pressbox lately...
so for a 'real' upgrade, Calgary might have to package some players or look at core guys as potential options to trade