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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Hard to imagine why he would come to Calgary, as he needs a very good centre to produce.
Face it, Calgary won't be a destination for any premium UFA's as they rebuild/retool.
Even Conroy indicated they'd be looking at shorter term UFA's. No use signing a guy like Reinhart to a 7 year contract as he'll be starting to decline before Calgary is a playoff team.
Calgary is not going to get out of its hole by signing UFA's. That's likely just digging a bigger hole.
They'll need to build up its core from the floor up through the draft and current prospects.
Once that is established, they can presumably supplement through UFA.
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I can see CGY picking up one of: Marchessault, Kane, Arvidsson, Tarasenko, or Duclair on a 1 year contract, if any of them aren't signed several days into free agency.
If the Flames plan to address the center position with a stop gap then I could see Duchene, or Henrique joining them.
On D, Pesce, Tanev, Martinez, and Brodie strike me as the ultimate value pickups on a shorter contract. I'd look into one of DeMelo or Roy on a longer contract, but I don't see them coming here.