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Great post Calgary4Life. Really summarizes how the flames will be facing a rush of players from the AHL that hopefully have spots next year. It would be great to open up some spots this season by the TDL so the flames can start evaluating some of these guys this year.

Would love for a team to step up and pay the price for Andersson this season for 3 big reasons:
1. If Conroy trades him this season, I think it would be for his maximum return at this point. I think Andersson’s trade value starts to drop after the TDL. Maybe not by a lot but by I do think it will be less at the draft or even free agency compared to now.
2. It would likely be the biggest move that would make the flames drop into the bottom 10 in the league and they would get to keep their 1st round pick and have a decent chance of drafting a future impact player.
3. It would open up a roster spot for the flames to call up guys like Brz, Poirier or Solovyov to get extended looks in the NHL this year instead of next year. It would help for planning next season as far as who you could expect to need a roster spot on the big club. This can be really important to not losing players on waivers.

Have to also keep in mind the players coming up from Junior/college that could need spots available on the Wranglers. I would hope players like Misa or Basha (if eligible for the AHL) can earn top 6 spots in the AHL to have the best chances to succeed and develop.

Would love for at least the following players traded/not re-signed by the start of next season: Andersson, Miromanov, Hanley, Barrie, Kuzmenko and Rooney.