[Rumour] Flames want another top 5 pick. UPD: Flames aren't trading Hamilton

[ResAlien]

Every breaking rumour seems to be "Calgary wants everyone and everything. All your picks, all your goalies, they are belong to us. Stay tuned." What a time to be alive.

[Samiz]

Acquire another top 10 pick and use it plus pick #6 to move into top 3 perhaps?

[JiriHrdina]

So somehow we are going to walk out of this weekend with Ben Bishop, the third overall pick and another top 10 pick?

Sounds good to me.

[Oil Stain]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Bye bye Gio....

I'd do Hamilton for the 4th.

The length of Giordano's contract scares me.

[dammage79]

Well there's Gio and Brodie. Who do you trade first?

[devo22]

how exactly would Treliving pull this off? We have nothing outside of our young core that would be appealing to Edmonton.

[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by Samiz

Acquire another top 10 pick and use it plus pick #6 to move into top 3 perhaps?

hahaha
Trade two top ten picks to move up 3 spots?

[StrykerSteve]

Sweet Jesus, I can't handle all these rumours, lol.

I'm taking my kids down to the pool (we're in a hotel), stuff better not happen while I'm gone!

[Buff]

We likely won't hear of any trades now until the draft has begun, or is minutes away from starting.

Well, I do work tomorrow and have a couple of meetings in the morning and early afternoon, so it is possible that something will go down while I'm in those meetings. Both times.

[mrdonkey]

The sheer volume of rumours involving the Flames have convinced me that the frustration and guilt of last season has sent BT into some kind of Super Saiyan state, and he has now achieved omnipresence.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I'd do Hamilton for the 4th.

The length of Giordano's contract scares me.

You're not getting Hamilton. The build of the Flames core involves him. And Hamilton>>> 6 Tkachuks.

[Heavy Jack]

Nylander + Juolevi in this draft would be sick but you have to think it would be Gio on the move which I can't wrap my head around.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

I'd do Hamilton for the 4th.

The length of Giordano's contract scares me.

Easy there, tiger. You don't trade Hamilton after spending decades looking for a player just like him.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

So somehow we are going to walk out of this weekend with Ben Bishop, the third overall pick and another top 10 pick?

Sounds good to me.

Yeah, as long as they don't get rid of Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Brodie and Hamilton.

I love our young core. Also, I would fall off my chair if they traded Gio.

Will be interesting to see if any of these things happen, and if they do what BT pays to get them done. Hopefully he does some fleecing.

[Cole436]

It's funny how the mood has changed here. If we had this news with Feaster incharge we would be in meltdown mode.

[FlameZilla]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Well there's Gio and Brodie. Who do you trade first?

If I had a gun to my head and had to choose either I would trade Gio.

Brodie is quietly becoming the best player on a talented Flames blue line.

[Wood]

Gaudreau-Crosby-Jesse P
Hartley-Monahan-Nylander
Yakupov-Bennett-Pribyl
Bouma-Wideman-????

Gio-Brodie
Bishop-Varlamov
Smid-Russell

Hiller
Fleury

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Well there's Gio and Brodie. Who do you trade first?

Gio each and every time.

[868904]

I doubt all of it will happen. Some are contingencies if others don't materialize. Also shows the other teams that he has lots of options.

I imagine the priority is:

1) goalie;
2) 3rd overall;
3) extra top 10 pick.

[home_sweet_dome]

Glass half empty outlook would be #6 going for Bishop and Flames looking to re-coup a top 10 pick with another trade.