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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I’d trade Matthew Tkachuk to New Jersey for the #2 - Logan Cooley becomes a foundational piece this team needs.
It also then allows the Flames to go target Kadri or Forsberg in free agency.
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Flames trading away players like Tkachuk for draft picks makes them less attractive to high profile free agents than they already are. Kadri already blocked a trade to Calgary once.
Teams like the Rangers can go into a rebuild and still get the top UFA's to sign with them, the Flames can't.