I am finding it really tough for the Flames to make any adds that are not of the rental variety and they have not earned that yet. Do not see any circumstance where our 23 1st should be on the table for a rental. Toffoli has 49pts in 70 games as a Flame and still signed for one more year at 4.25M. Giving up a 1st+prospect for 28 goal 57pt full season pace at that cap hit was a very solid move. With the Weegar, Huberdeau extensions increasing a combined $7.6M and only Lucic’s 5.25 being a considerable expiry they will be hard pressed to put a team together without shedding more. Losing Kylington and Valimaki while having guys like Mackey underwhelm makes trading a top 4 for scoring help that much more difficult and really not feasible.
With a thin pool and aging roster I am not really interested in moving picks for players that walk in the summer. Maybe if this team goes on a heater that changes but the cap crunch that was supposed to happen this year has been delayed by a year but is inevitable
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