[dammage79]

Petterson wouldn't be relied upon for leadership in CGY, he'd be freed up mentally just to go do his thing.

Obviously there's an issue in Vancouver and heads are butting. It's not a reason to not pursue Petterson. New threads and a fresh start would reignite the player IMO.

Pettersons too good of a player for his current performance to persist. I'm saying this as someone who's not entirely enamoured with Petterson in the first place. It's like McDavid and Draisaitl, I hate them but I could never deny their skillset. Petterson would be , offensively a pretty big acquisition for the Flames.

Does Vancouver dance with us again on a big ticket player like Petterson? Who knows. I'd like to say they wouldn't but that depends on what CGY is willing to part with.

If they're on the playoff train, those extra 1st round picks become expendable and you could make the argument that Petterson is just barely young enough to perform for the majority of his new deal.

Centers are hard to acquire. Top line caliber players doubly so, there's always going to be a higher cost. The Flames certainly aren't positioned to draft one this year (for now and most likely at all) so you have to go and try and trade for one. If the objective in the roster build is a top line or 2nd line C, then Petterson sits right at the top of the list of what's out there. No debate about that.