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Potentially a controversial thought.

About a week ago got into some discussion about the Oilers adding a G. A lot of the comments coming back were, how are the Oilers going to do that? They have no space. Discussion was around John Gibson, specifically.

Mantha’s out and during the summer there was rumoured interest from the Flames in Viktor Arvidsson. He’s got one more year after this at $4M per with no trade protection. In other words, easily doable from a Flames perspective and a potential flipable asset.

Arvidsson and a second (2025 Blues) for future considerations (nothing) sound interesting?

Bit of a conundrum given the Flames would, essentially, be helping the Oilers out. On the other hand, if the Flames are looking to weaponize cap space, this could be one way to do it.

Also, before people get up in arms about taking spots away from the kids, as mentioned, Arvidsson could be flipped. That could be right away. The Flames could move him before the deadline and and potentially grab themselves another 2nd or 3rd round pick.