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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
So to protect your 38 year old number 1, you trade your 24 year old number 2 (based strictly on time-on-ice under Sutter down the stretch). So in two years you have neither?
Seems like every team that tried to be "smart" and protect their team against Vegas just making a pick ended up regretting it. This is a no-brainer in my mind, if the Kraken are willing to waste a pick on a 38 year old with a NTC and high cap hit, let them and in two years when they have nothing to show for it and their in our division, be thankful.
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I’m just not so sure age is even a factor to Sutter. Like, I understand everyone’s reasoning here, trust me, I get it, clearly age 24 > 38, 3 years left. It makes perfect sense to covet the younger longer term asset. But, the Flames are also trying to win now and they’re not exactly in a position to lose a good player like Gio and just absorb the loss, this team would feel it.
So I’m just putting myself in Darryl’s shoes here, here’s a guy who has shown very little desire to not play his absolute best each night for the purposes of winning. He rode Markstrom like there was no tomorrow, even when the Flames were clearly done. So to lose your top pairing, 25+ minute a night defenseman who plays on PP1 & PK1 unit might make even less sense.
So I don’t know, I’m just saying this is worthy of a discussion here. All I know is, I’m not going to be shocked regardless of what direction they go as I’m preparing myself for all kinds of scenarios.