What big move could the Flames answer with?

[djsFlames]

Would love to get in on Chychrun while the yotes would be selling low.

Hell what about a Hanifin-Chychrun hockey trade?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Why are the Yotes selling low? They've passed on other chances to trade him including at the deadline. They want a high price. They want futures.

[Angelino]

Trade a first for James Neal.

[Flames_Gimp]

sign laine and jake ottenger and klingbirg trade markstrom

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin

What about a move for Schiefele then sign Klingberg? We’d need to get Monahan off the books and give WPG someone like Hanifin. We would have amazing centres and finally a true #1. Dubois is another option.

Lindholm is better than Schiefele, and is a true #1 center

[Reggie Dunlop]

Trade bad players for good players.

[Flames_Gimp]

i don't think flames ever want to trade Tkachuk unless they don't have a choice, he's just getting started and hit 100points he's a highly skilled player, he should be the team captain

[djsFlames]

Wait, there are people out there still that think our Selke finalist isn't a true 1C?!

[aaronkarlpatton]

Originally Posted by Dude Where's Makar?

I think 25 year old Timo Meier would be a sneaky good pickup/replacement for our top line.
That top line would be very difficult to contain.

Chucky - Lindholm - Meier

What if chucky didn't want to sign and we traded him to sanjose for Eklund and Meier? To much to ask for?

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[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Would love to get in on Chychrun while the yotes would be selling low.

Hell what about a Hanifin-Chychrun hockey trade?

Am I missing something? I don’t think Chychrun is THAT much better than Hanifin for us to make that swap.

[VilleN]

Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin

What about a move for Schiefele then sign Klingberg? We’d need to get Monahan off the books and give WPG someone like Hanifin. We would have amazing centres and finally a true #1. Dubois is another option.

I don’t think there is much distance between Lindholm and Scheifele… if Scheifele is a true #1 then so is Lindholm.

[midniteowl]

Skills wise they are pretty similar, but character wise, I'd rather keep Lindholm.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Lindholm > Scheifele. One is a Selke runner-up.

[EVERLAST]

Go after all of Miller, Klingberg, Kessel, P.Kane....there's no point in settling.

Tre needs to turn over every rock and make an exhaustive search .

Other crazy ideas would be getting Brady Tkachuk here.

We need speed, size and skill.

I hate it but I know we'll likely pick up a declining vet....this has always been the way it seems for the Flames.....but here's hoping they try something, anything.

Lastly. If all else fails we graduate guys earlier from our farm. Throw them in the deep end and say sink or swim. I know that's unkind and we've lost players in the past but risks are risks . You take em or you don't.
When we bring in the vets it doesn't always work....in fact it hardly ever works out well.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Am I missing something? I don’t think Chychrun is THAT much better than Hanifin for us to make that swap.

Younger, higher ceiling imo, can retain for longer (2 years left for Hanifin).

[Harry Lime]

Lock up Phillips for 4 or 5 years at a nice low cap, and plunk him down on the top line RW. Maybe it's not Gaudreau that was the reason that line worked, all it really needs is a little guy to confuse and confound the opposition.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Lock up Phillips for 4 or 5 years at a nice low cap, and plunk him down on the top line RW. Maybe it's not Gaudreau that was the reason that line worked, all it really needs is a little guy to confuse and confound the opposition.

Thats Nashville style for sure.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by EVERLAST

Go after all of Miller, Klingberg, Kessel, P.Kane....there's no point in settling.

Tre needs to turn over every rock and make an exhaustive search .

Other crazy ideas would be getting Brady Tkachuk here.

We need speed, size and skill.

I hate it but I know we'll likely pick up a declining vet....this has always been the way it seems for the Flames.....but here's hoping they try something, anything.

Lastly. If all else fails we graduate guys earlier from our farm. Throw them in the deep end and say sink or swim. I know that's unkind and we've lost players in the past but risks are risks . You take em or you don't.
When we bring in the vets it doesn't always work....in fact it hardly ever works out well.

i think brady tkachuk would be cool, they would obviously have chemistry

[WCW Nitro]

Move the team to Gaudreau's hometown to get back at him.

[Jiri Hrdina]

I'm of the mind that the team should really think about maintaining cap flexibility for next summer and the summer after. A bunch of contracts will start to peel off...whatever you do keep that flexibility in place so you can do a larger re-shape in those two summers.

Next summer: Lucic, Monahan come off which is 11.6M right there from players you likely are done with.
The summer after is more interesting because you have Lindholm, Hanifin, Tanev, Zadorov, Backlund, Toffoli all ending, worth over 30M in total. Now some of those you probably want back (Lindholm, Hanifin, and perhaps Tanev/Backlund on cheaper deals).
Don't do anything this year, a season which you are not going to win the cup, that undermines that optionality going forward.