Tanev was likely to be a rental anyways. Would be great to trade him and get some decent picks/assets and then re-sign him in the offseason for a reasonable deal. I’m assuming a 2nd round pick + 3rd round pick as the return for him… potentially a late first round pick depending on the team.
The sign-and-trade for Hanifin is going to be interesting. In theory, they usually drastically increases the trade value. Hoping for a 1st round pick + A-level prospect.
Lindholm as a rental should return a 1st round pick + 2nd round pick + B-level prospect IMO.
I have to imagine any trade for Markstrom that would be considered “too good to turn down” would have to include a 1st round pick and potentially more if it includes salary retention from the flames (I think that’s unlikely for a contract with 2 years left on it). Overall, I think it’s more likely the flames end up trading Vladar… there are several teams that will likely be open to trading decent goalies so I don’t know if any team will want to pay a high enough price for Markstrom that Conroy goes for it. I think Vladar could return a 3rd round pick.
If the flames ended up trading Hanifin (extended), lindholm, Tanev and Vladar by the TDL… I think they should get back something like:
2 x 1st round picks
2 x 2nd round picks
2 x 3rd round picks
A-level prospect
B-level prospect
A pretty good haul for the flames to let their scouts take some big swings at the draft. Plus it could be exciting to see if the flames can get a high-upside prospect for an extended Hanifin. Going to be an interesting couple of months.
Last edited by stemit14; 12-31-2023 at 03:48 PM.
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