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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Ya the Flames should be in on Rossi if he is available. You can find big size guys like Jason Wiemer in the trade market or spend a top 10 pick on them.
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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Problem is you are likely spending draft capital to acquire Rossi which impacts your ability to draft skilled centers. You can’t have it both ways. So Conroy has to decide if he’s willing to forego the opportunity to draft a skilled center (or BPA) in order to acquire a skilled but small center who puts us in the playoff bubble but lacks the requisite size to get us deep into the playoffs if we qualify for the post season.
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FFIV has it right.
The Flames have already acquired one other teams expendable young C, they don’t need two. They already spent, in part, draft capital to do so. To send more out the door for a player who’s ceiling doesn’t appear to be much more than a complimentary 2C, at best, doesn’t really love the needle. So the question I would have is ‘why’?
It’s not just C’s that the Flames need from an organizational perspective. There are holes elsewhere and the best way to plug those holes, as best you can, is to continue to draft, often.
Mentioned this the other day but acquiring a player like Rossi likely serves one purpose. To keep them competitive as a middle tier team. Good enough for a 60-ish point season. The Marco Rossi’s of the league will be more readily available year to year. I’m not sure why the Flamrs should be chasing that player profile right now, especially given they just acquired one 3-4 months ago.