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Originally Posted by TOfan
Gio has it right here.
The Flames weren't going to trade Brodie headed into his UFA off season, or at least not for a futures based rental like package. The team was one year removed from their second best regular season ever and, I would bet, had full intentions of making the playoffs again. So, I would say that trading one, or two, of their top 4 D was unlikely to happen at the TDL.
Clearly Treliving knew the risk and was prepared to take it. In any event, I would have a hard time being convinced the Flames would be better today with Brodie instead of Tanev.
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People don’t seem to realize that if you sign Brodie, you probably don’t get Tanev, or at least it’s pretty darn hard to make it work (and it would make the present Gaudreau/Tkachuk issues even harder if you did).