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Originally Posted by TOfan
About a week ago, or perhaps earth is week, Seravelli seemed to get under the skin of a lot of folks here who did not like hearing the suggestion that the Flames might be looking at a third pair D, presumably for a mid-late round pick.
That, in and of itself, is probably not going to be a popular move.
That said, what if it were balanced by the Flames utilizing their cap space and being third party brokers. What if the Flames do both? Trade to bring in depth but then also brining in picks?
I know some are hard-liners and no pick should ever be traded but I think people also need to be realistic. If the Flames are in a playoff spot, or close to it, I think we’ve all seen enough from this organization to know that , they will.
My view is that I’m fine so long as at the end of the day, they don’t have a pick deficit. Similar to last year, I hope they have 9-20 picks by the time the draft rolls around.
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I have been meaning to address this...
Everyone is in agreement that the Flames' #1 need is a right-shot C. No debate there.
But what they also need is an upgrade on their D, with another puck-moving defenseman. Yes, the forward group lacks offensive finish. But part of the problem is also an inability to move the puck up-ice quick enough. It's Weegar, Andersson, then crickets.
Add a defenseman that solidifies the D-core a bit, and helps the transition game, and every forward in the top 9 becomes more productive.
Yes, we need Sharangovich and Kuzmenko to pick it up. But look at the points from the blueline: 75 pts this year (on pace for 134), vs last year when they had 193.
I once ran some numbers on points from the back-end and the gist of it was that playoff teams are over 150 (14-16 of the playoff teams each year) , and non-playoff teams are under 150.
I think that adding a decent Dman would be as impactful for this team as adding a right-shot C.