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Originally Posted by Geeoff
Thankfully, the guy who made this stupid trade is not with the team anymore.
Also, thankfully, Montreal is in the East, so even if they draft the next Crosby with our pick, it's not that bad.
It's not really worth worrying about where the Flames finish in the standings because we can't really control that anyway. I do think Conroy should go into the trade deadline as a seller.
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Tricky part is if they make the playoffs and handcuff him. Less urgency in the summer so probably a lower return.
Probably get rid of Kuzmenko, Mantha, Rooney, Barrie and Hanley salaries after this year. Guessing they’d start rolling in some of their Wrangler D men to replace Hanley and Barrie. Especially if Miromanov experiment is over.
They need some scoring horsepower though. I don’t see any of that coming from the wranglers. Might need one or two journeymen free agents on shorter contracts or the potential Anderson trade for forward/center help. Or hope players like Sharongovich regains his confidence.
Vladar is the one guy that will have to be moved if they don’t see him in the longterm plans. I would not have a problem with them keeping him. He’s cheap and he can win you games.