[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

The Flames are in an interesting spot with their defense. If you move Anderson, you still have three legitimate NHL prospects of Parehk, Bruz and Mews on that right side.

Weegar, bahl, Morin and grushnikov on the left.

The problem is, except for weegar, there is not an NHL minute muncher on the roster. That is too many rookies to throw to the wolves, and not hurt development.

So you need short term veterans in the mix. Maybe a savard on the right and perunovich on the left. Just a steadying presence that won't cost much to acquire.

I still think that's the way to go. It would force at least two prospects to see partial NHL time next year, and that is good for development.

Ekblad is a FA you can sign to a 2-3 year stop gap deal