I'm REALLY glad these reports are coming out now, in November. What I don't want to see is Conroy and co. holding onto all of these guys right up until deadline day and then running out of time before trading them all. Sounds farfetched, but was it last year or a few seasons ago when we heard that crap from Tre and the 960 guys that "welllll you can't just trade everyone on deadline day, there's a lot of moving parts, only so much time. Give these guys a break, they're working hard, blah blah blah"
The constant chatter about the Flames starting to "look long-term, re-tool/rebuild" are music to my ears. We have Lindholm on a fantastic salary just for this season, and THREE valuable defensemen to trade who each have unique traits (big physical, steady stay-at-home, great skating top-4) this is the best opportunity for the Flames to change their fortunes that I can remember since following the team. Next 3-4 months will be a roller coaster, let's hope Conroy can work some trade magic. I'll forgive that Toffoli trade if he pulls these next few trades off.
I think the order they should trade these guys in a perfect world is:
Tanev (Trade him before he blocks 14 straight slap shots to the ankle)
Zadorov - Let the value keep going up and wait for the offer you can't refuse
Lindholm/Hanifin - Wait as close to the deadline as you like, unless you get an offer that is too good to pass up
Other player(s)? - Bonus. Trade whenever it makes sense.
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