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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
My hesitation is the consistent impact him and Backlund have on their line-mates including young players.
I would rather move Pospisil as I think other teams over-value guys like him. Take advantage of that.
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I think Pospisil will be a valuable guy in the playoffs. He was clocked over 24km this season and his skating stats are very impressive. He hits, he gets under your skin and has the ability to be a 40-point guys and maybe 20 goals some years. He can play up the lineup but still plays well in a 4th line role. IMO he's very valuable and won't command Coleman money anytime soon.
Backlund has boosted players numbers his whole career. At some point he won't but same goes for Coleman. Coleman's playoff track record and his ability to kill penalties would have top teams lining up for him. Tampa overpays for these guys every year for a reason.
If Conroy doesn't want to tank and keep this going. He needs to manage his cap, find ways to always be up picks and have a deep prospect pool and move out vets as prospects prove to be ready and leave himself cap space every year waiting for the big trade for that missing piece.
Flames have way too many top 9 wingers right now. Coleman is the only 1 that is 30, he is 33.