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Originally Posted by Jason14h
The problem with the 3-1 is teams getting the 3 want 18-20 year old prospects or 21-22 year old established good players who could turn into stars
Frosts and Farabees of the world are already mid 20s and making 5+ million
If one pops you aren’t trading them , and if they don’t they have next to no value to teams for the type of players you want
This is my only issue with the collecting of assets approach - it’s great if they are 20-22 . When they are mid 20s the ability to repackage in a 3-1 type deal are very low IMO, whereas prospects that are showing potential are exciting to teams in trades
This is why I would have preferred keeping our 2nd, trading Kuz for a 3rd , and having more picks in this years draft (I also wish they didn’t sign Shags and dealt him for picks as a UFA)
These types of players aren’t bad , but they just don’t have spots on good teams / teams going for it , and aren’t desirable for rebuilding teams . They are really just good filler players for teams stuck in the middle
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The 3 for 1 trade I would personally envision in a couple years would be something like (just pulling out names)
Mews
Gridin
Whoever we pick with the Florida pick this year
For
Number one center X
The Flames can do that in a world where Honzek, Suniev and Battaglia become legit NHL players to go with Zary, Coronato, Sharangovich, Huberdeau etc. and Parekh, Hunter become legit NHL dmen to go with Weegar, Bahl and either Anderson or what they trade Anderson for.
The Flames already have a pretty good roster of prospects and will be improved with their 5 upcoming firsts in the next 3 years. If Frost or Farabee return to what they were a couple years ago they are probably worth a 2nd rounder each anyway if the Flames want to trade either. If the Flames don’t want to trade either and they pop they are probably respectively a decent 2/3 center and a potential Coleman replacement. Frost and Farabee were an incredibly low risk move imo.
The Flames were always going to try to ice a semi competitive team because a 7-10 year tank was never in the cards for them. The organization, correctly imo, feels that not having good vets around is detrimental to the organizations long term success. They also are probably worried about whether the market would be willing to suck for a decade.