Who will be the first flame traded?

[expatflame]

My picks (in order)

1. Wideman
2. Stemps
3. Jones
4. Cam
5. O'Brien

[djsFlames]

Now two posters have mentioned Drouin for Cammy.

Where there's smoke there must be fire!

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Now two posters have mentioned Drouin for Cammy.

Where there's smoke there must be fire!

Yeah. Pants on fire.

[Gaskal]

Thank you Rerun for that particular running gag of Drouin for Cammalleri. I'm sure we'll be seeing it long after he is traded away.

[dissentowner]

Oe thing I will bet, Cammalleri does not move until Moulson and Vanek do.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

wait, you mean my guy feeling isn't evidence? Gawd dayum, and here I thought it was the be all and end all

What two grown men do behind closed doors is none of our business.

Not sure what it has to do with the topic at hand.

Cammi will be first to go.

[djsFlames]

I wonder if Cammy would be a consolation prize for Pitts if Shero comes back from his Kesler hunt without a Kesler on his car roof.

But I'll predict one of PHX, LA, PIT ends up trading for Cammy. I'd say NJ, but they probably wouldn't offer anything Burke would bite on.

[JurassicTunga12]

I'll say Cammalleri will be the first.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by HartAttack

How does trading Butler for a 3rd round pick make our team better now, or in the future? Only 12% of players drafted in the 3rd round or later make an NHL career (at least 200 NHL games). You don't just make trades because it's fun, there has to be something in it for both sides, and Burke isn't going to trade a big minute guy for a 3rd round pick.

How does losing Butler as an UFA this summer make our team better now, or in the future?

The reason he would be traded is because he's an upcoming free agent, not because making trades is fun. Which is also the reason we may trade Stempniak and Cammalleri.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

I have a really bad feeling that not one move will be made by the Flames until draft day. I hope to all the hockey gods I am wrong, but there you have it.

I love it when people just randomly "feel" something that is unlikely to happen.

There's no chance the Flames don't make at least one move at the deadline and likely at least 3 IMO.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan

Butler is one of the top defenseman in the league with blocked shots. Believe it or not, but he is contributing defensively. Would rather trade Wideman than him.

In fact, both him and Smid are in the top 5 in blocked shots. I don't want to trade either one of them.

If he doesn't re-sign we'd be losing Butler for nothing this offseason anyways. What is hard to understand about this?

Butler is an UFA. Smid and Wideman are not. Totally different scenarios.

[Gaskal]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

I love it when people just randomly "feel" something that is unlikely to happen.

There's no chance the Flames don't make at least one move at the deadline and likely at least 3 IMO.

I think the major move - Cammalleri in our case - would have to wait until the Vanek and Moulson situations get resolved first. Burke would want Cammy's value at his highest, which will be once Vanek and Moulson are sold off. Stempniak could be traded some time tomorrow as well.

Something like Butler for a 3rd, Galiardi for a 4th etc I can see happening before the deadline morning, but not Cammy.

[getoverit]

lots of emotions running today and for tomorrow.........silence is a killer lol