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Originally Posted by traptor
Not flipping Whitecloud is a big L
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No, not flipping Pachel or Hanley will be the big L. If the right offer comes along for Whitecloud (an overpay), then pull the trigger. If not, focus on moving the other two for middling draft picks and sit on Whitecloud for another year while Parekh and Brzustewicz become regulars. Whitecloud can be dealt at any time, but his contract status and ability to comfortably play on the second pairing buy the Flames a little more development time for their young blueline.
The Flames really made a poor calculation when the allowed Solovyov to get plucked on waivers instead of exposing Miromanov. The Flames would be a better position having him, Kuz, Parekh, and Brz on the back-end IMO. Some better complimentary pieces there. Miromanov was a complete whiff from day one and the team should have recognized that.