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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Certainly dumping a key cog for nothing shouldn't be in the plans when this team has a window to win right now. If you can get something of value by packaging up players like Frolik and Brodie that you otherwise could not get alone, then you go for that. A player like Bennett is certainly not filling those shoes and it is way too much to ask of guys like Dube or Mangiapane to shoulder that role until they actually are regular, everyday NHLers for more than a few weeks.
Long story short - it's a fools errand to start deleting guys like Frolik for nothing to simply clear cap space. An actual hockey trade (Brodie + Frolik or some combination) and possibly a buyout of Stone can easily clear room, provided the Flames are willing to part with a guy like Kylington or a pick to sweeten the pot as well.
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Frolik is far from a “key cog”. Draft picks aren’t nothing.
The hyperbole doesn’t help your argument.