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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I’m obviously in the minority, but I’m pretty disappointed that the Flames left Gio exposed as losing him does not make the Flames better. Although he could still be a Flame depending on what Tre and Francis work out. But I also understand the cost was insanely prohibitive. I mean giving up the 12th overall pick + a 3rd rounder just to have one more season of Gio at $6.75M? Just an unfathomable price tag. If the Flames can’t find a way to keep Gio, I do hope at the very least, the Flames can find a way to re-sign Gio for cheap next season. He moved his family to Calgary and has fully established himself within the community.
I won’t lie though, seeing Ryan Suter’s name added on to the UFA market has piqued my interest. Theoretically, without Gio’s contract, the Flames will have now freed up almost $7M and can use a portion of that to lure a top defenseman. A top 4 of Tanev-Hanifin & Suter-Andersson could actually be very formidable top 4.
A question i do have in all of this though is, did Treliving even attempt to trade Gio himself to gain any assets just to give a big F U to Ron Francis? I mean, if Francis just ends up flipping Gio to a contender anyway, why couldn’t the Flames do that themselves? Unless Treliving already canvassed the entire league and realized that there wasn’t much interest in a soon to be 38 year old defenseman. So maybe it would be in the best interest for Ron Francis to just take a couple of mediocre draft picks and take Kylington rather than selecting Gio and finding out for himself that the rest of the league isn’t all that interested in Gio. Very interesting circumstances these GMs are finding themselves in, should be a dramatic couple of weeks here.
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How does protecting Gio make the Flames better? Who are you willing to lose for nothing here, and say, a year from now "Oh, thank God we let that guy go and kept Gio."