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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 don’t mind them bringing in a depth defender for the playoffs. I also don’t mind them bringing in some scoring help. They’ll get Zary back eventually too.
I think their roster is going to get cleaned up in the summer. So a couple of short term moves (or a longer one if it’s a younger forward) I think would help with the long term culture if they could get into the playoffs. Gets the young players some valuable experience.
The Flames have lots of capspace, draft picks and a ton of young D that they aren’t going to have spots for. They have a lot of flexibility to be creative if they want to. I think they are in a great position.