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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Fire treliving club must be feeling conflicted this evening.
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As a card carrying member of that club, I'm glad to say that this looks like a good/potentially great trade. I'm encouraged that the Goudreau situation resulted in some quick lessons being learned. Its still ridiculous that the lessons on not squandering assets wasn't learned on Giordano (Or numerous previous assets) but that's spilled milk at this point.
I'm also a fan of a rebuild rather than a re-tool but this trade leaves the door open for both. I 100% hope that TRE will have certainty on Hub and Weeger's appetite to re-up very quickly. If they're not into it or non-committal, you instantly shop them. I assume both would garner excellent returns between now and the deadline. Guessing at a minimum, you'd be able to get 2 first rounders and good prospects or additional 2/3 round picks for the two. Quite a good start for a rebuild with the FLA 25 1st rounder and Schwind.
If they re-up long term you're going the re-tool route and bought yourself cap room for 22/23 and freed up other options coming or going. 23/24 looks a lot better cap wise than the predicament 22/23 was shaping up as.
It also gives you flexibility to trade a D for offence at some point if the opportunity is there. I think offence will be a weak point for the Flames this season so, it may need bolstering.
In Summary. A good night for Tre but, I still think he should have been fired for losing Johnny G for nothing.