If Columbus wanted Laine, the Flames would not have been able to package together enough assets to make this happen.
I'm interested to see if the Flames do in fact make a big move by the deadline. There might not be many sellers the rest of the year so it's obvious that acquiring an impact player is going to be expensive. One way to avoid overpaying in a deal is to stand pat, but going into the playoffs with the same core again seems really risky.
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