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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Stutzle is pencilled in as the #1C in the Sens rebuild. They aren’t trading him.
Any deal also has to factor in the value if gaining/losing cap space.
Personally, I doubt M Tkachuk hits 100 pts again. He benefited this season from playing with Gaudreau -who had a career year himself
Batherson
#7 OA
for
M Tkachuk
Valimaki
Batherson is 24, signed for five more seasons, and with 44 pts in 46 games last season already out-performing the $4.95 mil contract he signed in the fall. Put him on the top line with Gaudreau and it wouldn’t be a reach to pencil him in for 75-80 pts.
Flames get $4-5 mil cap space to help get a #2C or top D.
I don’t think the Flames are interested in a rebuild, so I could see Treliving flip the #7 OA in a deal for an established top-3 D.
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This is bad. Batherson had one decent run so far and I am not sold in him. That and he is a RW, we need C help or another top pairing D. People are giving up on Valimaki much too soon.