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Originally Posted by New Era
The Flames need to take the players they need to move and fill gaps. They need to play some money puck here and try to fill gaps that add up to probable success. People hate the idea of moving Tkachuk (along with two lesser players) for Forsberg and Arvidsson, but in that deal we get back two players that fill important gaps - a top six LW and a top six RW - while only giving up a single significant asset. We may take a step backward in star power, but we have to do that if we want to have a stronger team. If we move three top end assets (1st C, 2nd LW, 1st round pick) for one player, and end up losing another in Gaudreau (1st LW) to free agency, then we're screwed as there is not much on the farm with the upside to fill the lost gaps. Better to move these guys for players that bring back players that will move us forward now, even if it appears to be a minor step backwards in quality. So turn Tkachuk into Forsberg and Arvidsson, then turn Gaudreau into Konecky and Frost and hope the extra depth in skill moves the team forward, because we are missing the hell out of that depth up the lineup.
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Except we don’t need depth. We’ve been on the depth train since forever, we need high end skill. The league is turning into playing your skilled players for 22/23 minutes a night. Those extra 6 minutes the top end players of the opposing team are burning us. Eichel >> Forsberg/Arvidsson/Konecny>> Frost