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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Philosophically sure, you can't deal brodie because you'd be giving up the season.
But, in some ways, that's already happened.
You have 2 pending UFA defenders. IMO, in a season where you're definitely not a strong team and may miss the playoffs, you're justified in dealing one of them. It will be bad if the Flames miss and neither guy has been dealt.
So, the options were to deal Hamonic or deal Brodie and circumstances have dictated that Brodie is the one to be dealt because Hamonic is injured. We know there has been intent to move Brodie for at least 7-8 months at this point, going back to the summer, so it would be a pretty bad situation to then have to lose him for nothing because you couldn't make a deal work at any point in the preceding year. It's not as though this has cropped up out of nowhere, the plan dating back to June has been to move Brodie for a top 6 forward. So to have a short term injury dictate a change in that plan would seem to me to be exceptionally bad management, both in not consumating a deal between now and the kadri deal, or because of a short term injury to an entirely different roster player.
The Flames could have dealt either one of them prior to two weeks ago, but they didn't and now the decision has largely been made for them.
To NOT deal Brodie because the other defenseman you could've/should've traded is now injured would be an absolutely terrible management decision.
They've made their bed, now it's time to lay in it. Get something for Brodie before you lose him to Free Agency.
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I agree. You have to look at this from a June POV, and think will you be happy about letting either UFA walk without getting anything? It'll be yet another mistake in Treliving's tenure. By default, Brodie should be traded since he's the only UFA trade bait left that could bring in a return that helps the franchise tremendously.
Even if Brodie is traded, it doesn't mean the team has absolutely no chance making the playoffs. And keeping him doesn't guarantee it also. So better to roll the dice in getting something out of him while you can. The team is defensive heavy, so the players that can play are adequate for the meantime. And Gio and Hamonic could soon enough that the team is still in the playoff hunt, and they'll have enough impact in whether the team makes the playoffs or not.