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Old 07-13-2017, 11:22 AM   #42
Vinny01
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Originally Posted by blankall View Post
Absolutely not.

Any deal that sees us moving Dougie is a huge step backwards. Just no...Giordano won't be around forever and Dougie is the future of our defence.

Barrie is a tire fire in his own end. He's also very undersized. He's a d-man on the level of Kris Russell and adds very little to the value of the deal.

If we make this deal, a declining Duchene walks away in 2 years. We trade away our future #1 d-man.
I agree the more I think about it the more I hate it. Dougie is just too good to give up on and as you mention it will be far too difficult to keep everyone together.

If Andersen is the real deal the Flames will have a RHD to move in the next couple years.

Personally I would move any of our top 4 D prospects, either Gillies or Rittich in a package for Duchene. The Avs would have to take a contract back in return to make the cap work.

Players up front that are non starters in a Duchene trade:
Monahan
Gaudreau
Tkachuk
Bennett
Backlund
Jankowski (unless it is an unrealistic 1 for 1 type trade but even then the cap won't work)

On the blueline I prefer not moving one of the top 4.

In net I want to keep Parsons.

No more 1st round picks should be traded either.
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