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Originally Posted by GullFoss
It makes no sense to keep two UFA pending defensemen on a team that has no hope of making noise in the playoffs.
1) The team's goal differential suggests this is not a playoff caliber team. The team might sneak into the playoffs and have coin-flip odds to win a round or two given how weak the division is. But you'd have to be nuts to think this iteration of the flames could challenge against St Louis, Colorado, Boston, Tampa, Toronto, Washington or Pittsburgh.
2) The teams star players have been atrocious. In almost any playoff series the flames could match up against in the first round (St Louis, Colorado, Edmonton, Vegas, Vancouver), the top two players on the ice are probably from the other team.
3) The flames don't have an ace in the hole - a hot goalie or a game breaker where you might even think, "well maybe there's a chance for something special here" as a dark horse. There's no Quick, Kane, Crosby, Theodore, Price, Kipper, etc
If Treliving is intellectually honest, he'd be a seller at the deadline.
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Let’s clarify a couple of things here. Brodie has been very good. He and Gio have been absolutely dependable. The other 4 D have been getting shredded. The article about the top pairing above tells you a lot.
I would like to see the Flames keep Brodie for sure.
I understand the line of thinking that if you knew the playoffs were out of the question, and wanted to gain an asset, you could see if he is open to a trade. Reality is that the return in these cases often varies based on re-signing.
But there is a good person and a good player, and if you want him back next year, and he is not interested in a trade, then IMO you respect the player and trading him is not on the table.