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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
...So while we'd all prefer to move Ryan over Backlund, the deal will have to be structured to give the acquiring team something they actually really want. They will have to be convinced to take Calgary's offer over that of say Winnipeg or Philadelphia or Toronto or Washington or Pittsburgh etc etc etc...
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You are presuming that Calgary's offer will be worst of all the competing teams. (As is typical, you continue to insist that the worst case scenario for the Flames is always the most realistic one.) I would think that all these teams are essentially in the same position, which means finding that very delicate balance in moving 1) a quality asset with 2) a high enough cap hit, and 3) not so valuable as to handicap the team. You keep pretending that this is exclusively a Calgary problem, and then your solution is to exceed the value of a Flames move to catastrophic proportions. The fact that it is not substantially levels the playing field, and essentially means that the difference makers will not be a 5th vs 1st round pick, but rather a 5th vs a 4th.