[bigrangy]

Monahan
19

Cozens
8
38


Tkachuk

3 (Byfield)
Jaros/Lajoie

Gio@50%

Pick used on Askarov
Youngish NHL RD, not necessarily a good one, just a serviceable guy, someone like Fedun/Stecher/Pysyk/Montour/Poolman

Sign Hall

Sign Brodie

Pick up Wennberg for a pick

Hall-Backlund-Mangiapane
Gaudreau-Wennberg-Lindholm
Dube-Bennett-Byfield
Rieder-Ryan-Cozens
Janko, Gawdin/Phillips/Tuulola

Hanifin-Andersson
Valimaki-Brodie
Kylington-guy acquired in Gio trade
Jaros/Lajoie/Mackey

Goalies tbd

I think that works for cap, just depends what you do for goalies.

Bit of a huge teardown, but Monahan is not the answer at 1C, and I don’t see anyone trading an actual 1C for him, so pick up a couple lotto tickets and backfill with Wennberg.

Tkachuk is awesome, and a really good player, but a #1C is a lot more necessary than 3 #1 LWs, and Tkachuk is the only one who can get you a potential #1C in Byfield. Might be too much of praying for a lotto ticket to work out but Byfield should be a great NHLer. Would be pretty classic Flames for him to bust in this scenario though.

Gio is still a horse and I want him to retire a Flames but it’s time for a new leadership dynamic. Getting just Askarov is a risky risky play but I doubt a future #1G will present itself to the team otherwise.

Draft Rossi at 8, a d-man at 38 and move forward with a Byfield/Cozens/Dubé/Bennett/Mangiapane/Rossi/Hall/Lindholm/Valimaki/Andersson/Hanifin core assuming Gaudreau is actually leaving when his contract is up. Backlund/Lucic/Brodie as the vets.


Probably over complicating things, and there’s no way three core pieces get moved this summer, but getting 3 cracks at a #1C (3oa, 8oa, maybe Cozens) would definitely change the makeup of the team.