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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I do that all day. Reminds me of when folks thought Mangiapane and Dube were untouchable in an Eichel deal.
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I assume you are referring to the Coronato + Honzek + 1st proposal.
First, it's never a good argument to say "reminds me of when people said...". Different people say different things, it's not like fans collectively agreed that Mangiapane and Dube were untouchable.
More to the point, the Flames are in a very different place in their life cycle, being early in a rebuild. Trading Coronato (22), Honzek (20) and a 1st for a guy that is already fully matured and signed to an $11.6M cap hit, makes absolutely no sense for this team.
Pettersson, Huberdeau, Kadri and Sharangovich would collectively be making $35M for the next 4 years after this one - does that sound like a core that is going to deliver anything?
Acquire Pettersson, re-sign Andersson (because now you're committed to the present and he probably wants to stay), and re-sign Zary, and the cap space is gone and the rebuild is over. And the Flames are right back to being an old, max-capped, average team.
Terrible, terrible plan.