From an asset management POV it isn't bad. Armia is a useful two-way player who would be the Corey Millen of this trade, if you will.
But the prizes are Caufield (who has tremendous goal scoring prowess) and the 1st. The approach would be to flip a player approaching UFA status to re-start the clock on those assets.
However, it doesn't align to the types of deals it seems the Flames would be looking for given the other moves made - they are in a compete now mode.
Perhaps that changes approaching the deadline if the team is doing poorly - but I don't see them making a deal like this now.
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