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Originally Posted by Groot
Trade Lindholm for a top young defenseman. Byram is a perfect choice.
Don't try to get back extra by taking a cap dump like Johansen, keep it simple to get it done for Byram.
Byram + 1st for Lindholm 50% retained from Colorado. The math works straight across.
Trade Hanifin for a young forward with a high ceiling. Holtz has 19 points, 2 less than Mercer while playing 5 minutes per night less. And Holtz plays with Lazar and McLeod, Mercer with Hirschier and Haula. If you can add a late pick or Dube to get McLeod them do that also.
Holtz + McLeod + 1st for Hanfin + Dube + 4th
Trade Vladar for a 2nd with teams desperate for a goalie.
Extend Tanev if you can but keep him this season.
Move Zary to center between Huberdeau and Sharangovich. Those 3 get chemistry and the team dynamic changes for years going forward. Biggest thing for the team. Pelletier can take the LW spot by Kadri, then Holtz on RW
Byram takes Hanifin's spot, and Kylington makes a huge improvement on our bottom pair.
Huberdeau - Zary - Sharangovich
Pelletier - Kadri - Holtz
Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman
Greer - McLeod - Pospisil
Weegar - Andersson
Byram - Tanev
Kylington - Desimone
Markstrom
Wolf
Then we would have 3 first round picks this year and 2nd round picks. The Flames would add 8 players through the draft this year, 5 in rounds 1 and 2. And we still have Coronato along with some other good prospects and a huge amount of cap space, like 20+ million in space next year.
I would be very happy about the state of the team this year as they will fight for a playoff spot with that lineup (I'd argue its better than what we have on the ice now) but also have a large draft pool and good prospect base to work off going forward.
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You might want to lower your expectations on a couple of rental players and backup goalie value. Can’t see any of those 3 deals you suggested happening.