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Originally Posted by Ashes
I'd have to agree, Flames are squandering the TDL if they just stand pat and do nothing. It's pretty obvious that goaltending and timely scoring have been the biggest issues for the team this season and I don't see those being addressed at the deadline, but doing nothing seems like a big missed opportunity given these prices we're seeing.
Guys like Toffoli, Hanafin, Tanev, Backlund, Lindholm who are potentially available and would net a great return in a player for player trade, or for draft picks/up and coming prospects. I'd love to see the Flames increase their draft capital for the summer personally, and that extra cap space would be very valuable and can still be used in Free Agency in the summer and/or if Tre makes any trades for players carrying larger cap hits that space would also come in handy. Being this mediocre all season and not doing anything at the TDL would be a bad look though, and I have faith Tre will make some sort of move by Friday.
That Boston game proved (to me at least) that this season is not meant to be, so make some changes while the market is hot and come back with better goaltending from Markstrom/Vladar and a few new faces next season and a few more promising kids in the prospect pool!
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I'd say they are squandering the trade deadline if they're not entertaining selling some assets.
Can't really say they squandered anything if they don't do anything as we don't know what they turned down.