You have literally poured out 15-25 proposals in the last 3 weeks, at least 5 of them involve Monahan, and not a single one of them improves Calgary's overall performance, out of all the cheap proposals you make maybe 2-4 of them have made sense, the rest are bad for the Flames, you think im the only one who sees these? Stick to your pen and paper, maybe after you write down 700 proposals you'll make something fair for both teams involved, here you can take the GM's job with you
That is literally the point of these boards. Gauging opinions for crazy ideas for ur team lol. Maybe one trade you'll agree with and it'll be the perfect fit cause all we know for sure is that what's going on rn isn't working. I'd be a lot happier if we had two picks in the 10-20 range this summer, another good prospect to add to Pelletier/Zary, and 6 mil in extra cap space this summer. That's some serious reinforcements for two years down the road:
Gaudreau-_____-Lindholm
Tkachuk-_______-Mangiapane
Pelletier-Zary-Dube
Lucic-Bennett-________
Hanifin-Rasmus
Valimaki-Tanev
Kylington-______
Ship Monahan, Backlund, Gio, Ryan. Tank for this season with awful C depth (Lindholm-Bennett-replacement C like JT Compher from Monahan/Backlund trade). Get a top-10 pick.
Let's say you get 1st+prospect for Monahan, 1st+prospect for Backlund, pick for Giordano.
This summer we have 3 1sts, and 2 good new prospects with Pelletier and Zary.
Draft 2 C's in the first round, sign a guy like Danault or Lowry for 2C, and roll with Lindholm-Danualt/Lowry-Bennett until Zary and our other 2 firsts are ready in 2 years. Build through the middle by drafting and developing young C's. We won't be better immediately, and it will be a huge blow for Markstrom and Tanev who signed thinking we're a contender, but we clearly aren't.
After signing a Lowry/ Danault, we would have 3 mid-firsts this year, two more prospects, and 10 mil in cap space to find a 1C and 3RD. Great value for our assets. And, when a 1C option does come available via trade, we'd have tons of young pieces as assets instead of hoping some team is dumb enough to accept Monahan+ for a true 1C.