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Originally Posted by dammage79
I think we need Defense more honestly. Got a lot of holes to fill moving forward.
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The Flames are going to be short on high end talent at every position, including the blueline. After we bring up players from the farm I think the biggest gaps are still up still front. We need a top center and another wing to fill out the top six on top of what we have IMO. Our numbers on the blueline don't look great but with having Kylington coming back, and Solovyov, Kuznetsov, and Porier all knocking at the door, we are probably in better shape there than the forward ranks. We definitely need more draft picks on the blueline, Morin being the only one likely to filter into the minors soon kind of hurts. Top end blueline prospects are hard to come by so getting them in trade can be tougher than grabbing quality forwards. If someone offers one, the team shouldn't turn their nose up at him, but I think they need to take some swings are bringing in guys with talent at putting the puck in the net.
Looking at possible trade destinations for players and who had defensive prospects to give, Detroit seems the best target. Edvinsson, Pellikka, and Wallinder would all be great targets. Buium and Gibson might be guys you could shake loose as an add-in to a deal. Detroit has had a ton of picks and they have the prospect pool to match, so they could be worthy of being raided for help.
I think we can agree that any picks the Flames have may be used on picking defensemen in the future as we are paper thin there as a system. Then again, we're paper thin at every position in the system after a couple of less than stellar drafts in 2021 and 2022.