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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The Flames do not need to eat a big contract to get Frost and Myers for Gaudreau. Johnny is easily worth those 2 plus more without having to take an overpaid player (albeit a good one).
I would rather target a deal of Zacha, 7th pick and Ty Smith than the one you are proposing and I think it is a realistic return.
Myers is more proven than Smith but Smith is expansion draft exempt and has top 4 upside.
Zacha and Frost are a wash for me. Zacha is older but put up 32pts in 65 games just turned 23, former 6th overall pick (similar situation when we picked up Lindholm). He has 2 more years at $2.25M so a cheap 3C with 2C upside.
7th pick >> Voracek.
This deal frees up 4.5M to sign Hall and also add the top prospect to the organization. This draft is deep in the top 10 and the Flames would get a player that is likely only a year away from being on the team.
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I would be on board with that package. Zacha is big and physical, and is just starting to scratch the surface of his potential. The seventh overall pick in this year's draft could very well be a player who plays in the NHL as early as next year, and we would still have our own.Ty Smith is a beauty as well.
I also want to say that I would love it if Nylander were to be traded here. He's got speed and skill to burn, he's a RW, and his 200 ft game has come a long way. He's a Calgary boy too, lol!