Based on our current cap situation and standings, what is a realistic trade we can or might make? Tre isn't going to scorch the earth any time soon, if he does make a trade, are we trading a roster player or a young guy (Coronato, Zary, Pelletier) or draft picks and for what in return?
Not a ton of playoff teams have cap space either.
Flames needs: top 6 scorer, bottom pairing dman
Possible trade targets for forwards:
Boeser
Horvat
Toews
Kane
Tarasenko
Nyquist
Bertuzzi
Van Reimsdyk
Drouin
Domi
Athanasiou
Barbashev
Current roster
New contracts:
Huberdeau - not getting traded
Weegar - not getting traded
Kadri - not getting traded
Vladar - not getting traded
Upcoming UFAs:
Lucic - been healthy scratched, maybe requests to be traded to contender?
Ritchie - 4th liner
Lewis - useful utility guy
Stone - possible lifetime Flame
Zohorna - tweener
UFA's after next season:
Backlund - bleeds Flames, possible extension with lower AAV to ride out his career here
Lindholm - possible trade target since he's going to be due for a large raise and will be 29 years old but still not likely
Toffoli - possible trade target, good value for production but we're all in so still not likely
Hanifin - still young, possible extension maybe around 5-6 million
Tanev - age and injuries so likely not trading
Zadorov - possible trade target, good bruising d man for decent cap hit
The rest:
Mangiapane - down year, high AAV, still young, not likely
Coleman - too much term, high AAV, lower production, not likely
Dube - still young, possible trade bait
Ruzicka - still young, not likely
Andersson - young, great AAV, great production, not getting traded
Markstrom - too much AAV and term to move, not likely
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