I would be happy to trade quite a lot to get Misa. More than most on this board, in fact. I see an opportunity to grab quality that is only available by tanking - I will trade a lot of quantity. Flames are damn amazing at drafting quantity (and quality for position - it is just near impossible to draft a #1 center without a high pick). It will cost a lot - it will cost a significant 'over-payment'. If the Flames had the #2 overall pick, would anyone be happy with a 'fair deal' for quantity vs quality? I know I would be livid. It has to be an over-payment.
18th + Florida
Andersson (or probably the assets from an Andersson trade to another club)
Choice of prospect other than Parekh and Wolf
Zary
That's essentially 5 first round picks' worth. Does that get it done?
I like Misa a lot. I think he will be the real deal, and fairly similar to Celebrini overall. Someone that can be good on both sides of the puck. He already has chemistry with Parekh, so that's a bonus. He was also by far an engine for the team, not a bystander or even someone who is a part of a really good top line (like Dvorak, for instance). He led the team in points with 134 in 65 games. Parekh was second with 107 in 61. Big drop down to an undrafted 19 year old who had 83 in 65. Great skater, very cerebral, makes plays at speed, and probably could have had even more points if he didn't bother as much on the defensive side of the puck. That's just my opinion though. I am always ok with giving up a lot of quantity for top-quality.
Spine of the team becomes Misa-Parekh -Wolf. That's pretty good. Flames still have a lot of pieces to build around those three - and who knows, maybe the quantity pushes the Flames into the McKenna sweeptstakes. Mckenna-Misa-Parekh-Wolf probably wins a cup or two, especially since Calgary is pretty good at finding players in a draft.
As for Rossi - I would pass. The assets that they would want I would rather spend at the draft. Yes, he put up a good amount of points, but he is an undersized 2nd line center. i don't think he is a first. I would rather draft Reshny or someone else in that area of the draft instead. This team needs the bullets to hit on a center that turns into a #1 center or this rebuild might end up like more of the same we have seen in the last decade - not much playoff success. The goal shouldn't be to become a playoff team. it should be to become a contender - a consistent contender. I see acquiring Rossi as helping the Flames become a playoff team, but not a contender. I know I am not articulating this well enough, but I really see him as a #2 center, or even convert him to a top line winger. I don't see him as a top-line center. He will get 70points as one, but I don't think he will be able to push the pace out there against the league's top shutdown players, or do well matched-up against the league's top lines in a 'strength-vs-strength' situation.
Flames are FLUSH with quantity in the 2nd line down. Zary, Coronato, Klapka, Honzek, Frost, Farabee, Battaglia, Gridin, Bahsa, Misa, Suniev, Stromgren, Kerins - yes, some of these guys won't make it, and most will obviously not be as good as Rossi is. I would just rather the Flames use their picks on guys who they think can be #1 centers either through the draft or through trade, rather than using assets to acquire more depth, even if that depth is better than what they may have.
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