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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The Flames being in 1st or 2nd, gives the players incentive to stay. If a contract can't be agreed to a week before the deadline they become more valuable trading chips, and Conroy will be negotiating from a position of strength. I believe the Flames will choose the trade route in that scenario.
Also if we're in 1st or 2nd, it's likely on the backs of Huberdeau, Markstrom, and Kadri. That makes the Flames future a lot brighter looking in my eyes. It gives the Flames options by either trading them or building around them.
A much more awkward scenario for me is seeing the Flames in the 1st wildcard slot closer to the trade deadline.
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If flames are in 1st or 2nd by trade deadline and none of the ufa’s have re-signed, I put the odds of trading lindholm and Hanifin at 50-50. As for Backlund, Zad, and Tanev at deadline under said scenario, I put odds of being traded at 1 percent. The only reason they would entertain trading Hanifin or lindholm at deadline is because the return would be far greater than the other players . The mandate of making playoffs is not changing. They aren’t going to trade Tanev for a 1st round pick just to go out and spend that 1st round pick,at same deadline ,on a replacement rental for him .
That said I have no doubt if flames are in 1st come deadline that lindholm will have already re-signed with flames. Hanifin would be the only player I could see trading at deadline on the scenario listed above.