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Originally Posted by Demetric
I think Seattle will take either Ryan or Phillips or Oliver.
I would see about trading Monahan for Conner Brown +
Sign Danault
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Mangiapane-Danault-Brown
?-Backlund-Dube
Lucic-?-?
Ritche
Giordano-Tanev
Hanifin-Andersson
Valimaki-Mackey
Markstrom
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I don't mind Monahan for Brown + if the plus is a 2nd or better. Brown is a good player and doesn't make a lot. I don't think it would a huge loss if you can a 2nd line center in a different trade or as a UFA
If the Flames fill out their 4th line with guys like Ruzicka, Phillips, Gawdin types and resign Valimaki and Dube short term for cheap they could have $8 mil in cap space before the Monahan trade. They would need to sign or trade for a center though. Danualt might be a good replacement for Monahan.
Also would need a goalie but I wouldn't spend too much on a back up this year
Cap the following summer will be tough to manage but Gio is coming off the books so even if Johnny, Tkachuk and Mang were to resign the combined raise might not be more than Gio contract. Replacing Gio will be tough with no cap though so they will need to leave some room to manage that next summer.