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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
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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There's been smoke about Josh Anderson and the Flames. North-south player would fit Darryl's style. Right shot, fast. I haven't seen him enough to say if that's a good idea or not.
In terms of subtracting someone, Ruzicka is probably one of the most attractive roster players due to his age, upside and low cost. I don't think the Flames should or would do that. Mangiapane is young-ish so he could be of interest to a rebuilding club despite his cap hit and the possibility that he's closer to a 17- to 20-goal scorer than the 35 goals we saw last year.
Otherwise, we're dealing draft picks and prospects like a Pelletier. I do wonder if the emergence of Vladar puts Wolf into the trade-chip bucket.