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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I was thinking about that 1OA and a possible trade down scenario. If the Flames get that pick I could see a scenario where they trade that pick and Lucic to the Kings for the 2nd pick and maybe a couple of their 2nds?
The Kings have a fairly set roster with plenty of cap space so they could pull it off and with Turcotte and Valiardi they have some solid C prospects and can use that dynamic winger.
Flames pick Stutzle or Byfield while clearing Lucic off the books. Could be an opportunity to run with both Hall and Gaudreau for a season? They could also look at still trading Gaudreau and then adding more futures and having some money to potentially add Lehner in addition to Hall?
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Those cap dump trades are hard to gauge the value on, but I wouldn't mind that. Flames need a potential future #1C more than future #LW and the cupboard is pretty barren overall, plus they're still trying to win now and Lucic eating up $5.25 million in the bottom six is a real drag.
Dropping down even 1 spot and giving up Lafreniere is a risk, but clearing some dead weight, adding a very high end C prospect, plus another 2nd rounder or two would all be good things, and worth the risk IMO.