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Plett25 · 01-21-2025, 11:55 AM

I've changed my mind since the beginning of the season. I wanted to trade Anderson ASAP, tank the season and pick high.

But, if you use Wolf's and Vladar's points percentage using home and away records, and project an 82 game season with Wolf getting 60 starts and Vladar getting the remaining 22, the Flames would have 98 points by the end of the season.

They are a playoff team as constructed right now. Subtracting Rasmus doesn't turn is into a lottery team, it turns us into a team just missing every year. Unfortunately, if Wolf is as good as he appears to be, that's the situation the Flames are in.

Parekh, Bruz, and Mews are probably 2 or 3 years away from being ready for top 4 minutes.

When they are ready, trade one of Weegar or Anderson. 3 years of Weegar with 1 million retained would be an easy trade with a $100 million cap. Or trade both.

Or trade one of our excellent, cost controlled, right shot defensemen for an equivalent young center.

So I think, sign Anderson and move him and/or Weegar if/when our young right shot defensemen are ready to take over.

01-21-2025, 11:55 AM	#224
Plett25 Scoring Winger Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: 780 Exp:	I've changed my mind since the beginning of the season. I wanted to trade Anderson ASAP, tank the season and pick high. But, if you use Wolf's and Vladar's points percentage using home and away records, and project an 82 game season with Wolf getting 60 starts and Vladar getting the remaining 22, the Flames would have 98 points by the end of the season. They are a playoff team as constructed right now. Subtracting Rasmus doesn't turn is into a lottery team, it turns us into a team just missing every year. Unfortunately, if Wolf is as good as he appears to be, that's the situation the Flames are in. Parekh, Bruz, and Mews are probably 2 or 3 years away from being ready for top 4 minutes. When they are ready, trade one of Weegar or Anderson. 3 years of Weegar with 1 million retained would be an easy trade with a $100 million cap. Or trade both. Or trade one of our excellent, cost controlled, right shot defensemen for an equivalent young center. So I think, sign Anderson and move him and/or Weegar if/when our young right shot defensemen are ready to take over.