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Originally Posted by GS Skier
Agree, it's on the level of why didn't we draft the guy who 3 selections down scored more than our guy.
Don't post often but why are page after page devoted to trading for guy who has clearly stated he wants a big stage and New York in particular.
Deadline trades will be strictly to add for playoffs and regular season trades just ain't happening. He's an RFA and we get one year and then he just holds out again for his $10 Million to try to get to NY. He doesn't sound sound like a "great guy in the room" but we'll never know because we aren't in rooms. Then the assets we traded are gone and so will he be.
I get the spit balling but gee whiz page after page after page on a fairy tale trade when the 3 centers we have are off to a pretty good start. Man some of you guys need lives.
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A guy who has clearly stated he wants a big stage?
Hes never said anything remotely close to that.
After these 2 years he is still an RFA. We dont just lose him for nothing even if he wants to leave. Which I dont believe he will, because we have a good young locker room and will have team success with his addition to this lineup.
We cannot win with Monahans ghost and one dimensional game in the playoffs. It's obvious we are spinning our wheels. It's time to shake up this team, move Monahan and pick up a center with a massive ceiling coming into his prime. A bold move. If Dubois turns into half the player it looks like he's going to, the Flames will be laughing for a decade or more.
Some of these trade proposals are insane. Wouldnt trade Valimaki one for one? Jesus. Think about it this way, if Matthew Tkachuk said he wanted out, would you take guys like Bennett, Hanifin and a first for him? How ridiculous.
Columbus is in win now. Monahan meets the first line center criteria according to his stats and is 26 years old. Has to be attractive to the Jackets as a start. If Columbus truly wants picks and prospects there are many teams that would be able to put together a better offer than the Flames.
We arent going to get a chance for a guy like this again. It just doesn't happen.